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17 The Rhyming Notebook 30 

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24 Computer Preparation SAT, GRE ea 33 

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Bubble Bobble (IIGS) 



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BERKLEY SOFTWORKS GeoPublish 66 

GeoFile, GeoCalc ea 46 

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DAC SOFTWARE DAC-Easy Accounting 60 

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BEAGLE BROS. Timeout Graph 
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Timeout-Superfonts. Quickspell, Telecom e; 



Power Pack. DeskTools II, Thesaurus 




Desktools 


ea 31 


Timeout-Reponwfiter 


48 


Timeout-Ultramacros Spreadtools 


ea 35 


Timeoui-Macrotoots. Macroiools II 


ea 16 


Point to Pomt 


68 


GS Font Editor, Program Writer 


ea 31 


BIG RED COMPUTER 




PS Lovers (IIGS, lle/llc) 


ea 27 


Labels. Labels, Labels 


27 


BYTE WORKS ORCA/C, Pascal (IIGS) 


ea 88 


ORCA/Desktop (IIGS) 


38 


ORCA/M 1 i 


4? 


CENTRAL POINT Copy Two Plus 


25 


CHECKMATE TECHNOLOGY Preterm 


79 


LYNX Spectragraph.es (IIGS) 


64. 


MICOL Advanced BASIC (IIGS) 


95. 


ROGER WAGNER Merlin 6/16(PRO DOS) 


75 


Softswitch (IIGS) 


40 


Graphix Exchange 


32 


Macromate (IIGS) 


33 


TERRAPIN Logo Plus 


90 


TML Pascal (HGS) Basic (IIGS) 


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32 


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195 


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185 


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45 


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106 


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198 


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49 


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Echo ^lus 


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79 


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153 


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167 



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KENSINGTON System Saver 


64 


Turbo Mouse ADB (IIGS) 


115 


System Saver HGS 


69 


Mousepad 


6 


Anti-Glare Filter (IIGS) 


34 


KURTA IS/ADB Tablet w/styles (IIGS) 


289 


LASER COMPUTER Mouse 


45 


Expansion Box 


55 


Cables - Parallel. Serial, RGB. Modem 


ea 16 


RIBBONS Imagewnter II. (4 Colors) 


8 


Imagewnter (Black, Red. Brown, etc ) 


ea 4 


PRINTERS ; 


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240 


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225 


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340 


KX P1 180 (192 cps/38 cps NLQ) 


195 


KX P1 191 (240 cps/48 cps NLQ) 


259 


KX I092i (240 cps/NLQ) 


289. 


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195. 


NX- 1000 Rainbow (Color) 


265 


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reinforcement keep them motivated as well as assisting non- 
readers, and learning becomes more personalized and fun. 

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add-on peripheral or plug-in board for nearly all of the "talking" 
educational software. There are over 100 software manufactur- 
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48 



Where the Heck Am I? 

Pardon our language, but. . .you can get there from here, as several Apple II programs dem- 
onstrate. Put those boarding passes away— you don't need trains, boats, or planes to travel the 
globe. Just turn on your II and take off for places unknown. 



54 
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Face the Music 

From Beethoven's Fifth to the Fab Four, the beat goes on — Whether you're the leader of the 
band or a novice at the keyboard, you can put together a musical repertoire with Apple II hardware 
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Apple Computer Clubs— A Class Act 

Join a group that'll inspire class projects and test your computing know-how. Don't just take our 
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Columns 

ladder s View * Dan Muse 

Fighting Temptation 

Stattus Report * Paul Statt 

Apples and Oranges LL 

AppleWorks in Action * Ruth Witkin 
Personal Worth 00 

Press Room * Cynthia E. Field, Ph.D. 
Word's Out 11 

Apple llGS BASICS * JoeAbernathy 

Sound It Out 82 

Speaking of Graphics * Roberta Schwartz 
and Michael Callery 

In the Cards 94 

inCider On Line * Seth itzkahn 

Citizens of the World 104 

Learning Curve * David D. Thornburg 

Fishing for Questions lUo 



Cover Photography * Raul Avis 



Departments 

Letters to the Editor 10 

What's New 

Hardware, Software, Games, Resources . . . . It) 
Apple Clinic 

Death and the IlGS: GS Senility, Fatal Error 

09 1 1 , RAM Crash, GS Text Colors, 

Quickies J4 

Reviews 

Graph It! 1.0, Math Blaster Mystery, 

Certificates and More!, TimeOut MacroTools 

& MacroTools II, At a Glance OU 

Game Room 

The Duel: Test Drive II, Bad Dudes, 

Tip Sheet, Short Takes 42 

Hints & Techniques 

Type It Up: Font Conversion, 

Apple Sound 112 

Editors' Choice 

Salvaging Sunken Files . . . 124 

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NADER'S 

VIEW 



A, 



technology advances, 
doing the right thing is 
more and more difficult. 
In fact, it's difficult to 
always bow what's right. 




ghting Temptation 



By DAN MUSE * EDITOR IN CHIEF 



"THIS BROADCAST IS INTENDED SOLELY 
for the use of our audience; any rebroadcast, re- 
transmission, description, or account of this game 
without the expressed written consent of major- 
league baseball is strictly prohibited." 

If you grew up watching sports, you've probably 
heard that warning a thousand times. Until re- 
cently, however, it never meant much to me. How 
could I rebroadcast or retransmit a program? 

Then came the videocassette recorder (VCR); it's 
now easy and tempting to record any broadcast: a 
sporting event, a movie from a pay-TV channel, 
and so on. If I record a boxing match or a movie 
and then give it to a friend or relative, I'm breaking 
the law. I'm pretty sure no one would catch me, 
but I'd feel too guilty. The technology available lets 
me break the law without giving it a second thought, 
but, as Shakespeare says, "Conscience doth make 
cowards of us all." 

We face the same dilemma when it comes to 
computer software. How do you convince someone 
not to copy software illegally when that person 
knows he or she won't be caught? Many users ra- 
tionalize that software is too expensive, so they have 
to make illegal copies. This logic has created a 
"chicken-or-egg" paradox that we've lived with 
since the early days of personal computers: Is soft- 
ware pirated because it's too expensive? Or is soft- 
ware expensive because people pirate it? 

How common is pirated software? The number 
of books about productivity software is a good in- 
dication. While there's certainly a need for books 
dealing with the advanced features of popular soft- 
ware, there's a flood of beginner-oriented books 
that seem to replace documentation rather than 
supplement it. While pirated software may not have 
created the computer-book publishing business, it 
has helped it grow. Do you think people buy books 
about AppleWorks because they're thirsty for more 
documentation? There's no scientific way to know, 
but you can bet that for every copy of AppleWorks 
sold, there's at least one illegal copy made. Com- 
panies such as Claris and Beagle Bros tell countless, 
often humorous, tales of people who have called to 



inquire about buying only the documentation, tht 
reasons ranging from "The dog ate the manual" to 
elaborate stories about floods and other natural 
disasters. 

That's why software publishers, especially 
educational-software publishers, have been reluc- 
tant to sell unprotected programs. On August 1, 
however, Scholastic Software announced that all its 
future releases will have no copy-protection code. 
It will also re-release its major current tides without 
protection code. 

You're probably thinking, "Good. It's about time 
software publishers woke up. They should have 
done that years ago." Just make sure you're ready 
to live up to your end of the bargain. Are you ready 
to prove to software companies that they can 
trust you? By removing copy protection, Scholastic 
isn't saying, "Go ahead. Make copies of our soft- 
ware." It's letting you make one "legal" copy of the 
disk (or set of disks) for use at any one time. In 
addition to prohibiting you from making multiple 
copies, it forbids you from "multiloading" RAM- 
resident programs for simultaneous use. How will 
Scholastic know whether you've made more than 
one copy, or loaded it onto every RAM disk in the 
school? It won't. It's trusting you to do the right 
thing— the legal thing. 

As technology advances, doing the right thing is 
more and more difficult. In fact, it's difficult to 
always know what's right. On-line databases and 
CD-ROM (compact-disc read-only memory) put 
megabytes of information at the fingertips of stu- 
dents. I'd never retype 2000 words out of an ency- 
clopedia, but when it's a matter of just printing 
them, the temptation's there. People aren't any less 
ethical then they were 10 or 15 years ago, but 
temptation disguised as technology wasn't as great 
then. People weren't tempted to speed before the 
automobile was invented, 

October is Computer Learning Month. What bet- 
ter time for us to set an example for young people? 
Making illegal copies of software (or movies, tapes, 
and so on) is nothing short of theft. That the tech- 
nology exists is irrelevant. □ 



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ITERS 

TO THE EDITOR 

1 




Programmed Chaos? 

^ our august stattus report 

("Something Strange," p. 20) was 
both interesting and timely. How- 
ever, Paul Statt dealt little with the order of 
chaos. I have a copyrighted program that 
shows graphically the order within a chaotic 
system. I'd be happy to send a copy of the 
program to anyone who mails in a check 
for $10. 

Worth Lovett 
MaryCo 

115 Marie Drive 
Clarksville, TN 37042 

Paul Statt thanbyou for sending him the program 
and says it exploits some of the ideas about "random" 
graphics generation covered in Nova's television 
special on chaos. According to Paul, "It's a neat 
program I wish I had written myself— in fact, I 
tried to create one like it, but it wouldn't fit into 
Stattus Report." —eds. 



A Nation at Risk? 

§§ 'M PROFUSELY DISAPPOINTED TO 
U discovery the removal of The graphics 
l§ gallery from the inCider selection of top- 
ics. My computer graphics teacher enlight- 
ened me upon this perplexing and disturbing 
situation after her lugubrious trek to the 
Applefest. I would enjoy to see the replace- 
ment of the intriguing graphics gallery in the 
inCider magazine. 



If N RESPONSE TO THE RECENT 
§H merger between the Incider and A+ I 
Si dreaded to find that the Graphic Gallery 
Section has been omitted. In correspondence 
to this finding I am writing you to plead for 
a re-evaluation of your decision. In conclusion 



I hope to see this section returned for the 
benefit of the amateur computer artists 
everywhere. 

The two letters above represent about 30 sent to 
us from Sachem High School North, Lake Ronkon- 
koma, New York. Judging from the correspondence, 
there's a greater need for a "Grammar Gallery" than 
there is for a "Graphics Gallery" 

Discontinuing Graphics Gallery wasn't an easy 
decision to make. We felt that while the section was 
fun to look at, it didn't educate or inform readers 
about computer graphics. Those two pages were 
simply a forum to show the efforts of a handful of 
computer artists. But we do realize that when it 
comes to graphics, seeing is as important as reading, 
so you can expect our Speaking of Graphics column 
to feature more artwork. 

To the computer-graphics class at Sachem High: 
We appreciate the effort, and several of your points 
are well taken, but—to use the words of your class- 
mate—were profusely disappointed by your lugu- 
brious letters. —eds. 



Mac Attack 

our june editorial (inci- 

' dei>$ View, "Oh Mama, Can This 
M Really Be the End?" p. 8) expressed 
many of my concerns about Apple ignoring 
the II line. As a member of the Apple Pro- 
grammers and Developers Association 
(APDA), I've felt alone in the computing world, 
because of the way the He, He Plus, and es- 
pecially the IlGS have been treated. It's hard 
to be optimistic when Apple has introduced 
five new Macintoshes since the GS' arrival. 

I also work in an authorized Apple deal- 
ership and am one of only two Apple II sup- 
port people— the rest of the employees are 
Macintosh people. The computing community 
seems to think II computers aren't powerful 
enough or good enough. I beg to differ; I've 



used them since 1979 and have been very 
happy with the series. 

There are about ten million Apple users out 
there. We're a powerful force, and there are 
some of us who won't buy a Macintosh if Apple 
discontinues the II. The Mac is a nice com- 
puter, but it isn't for me. The two worlds of 
Apple computers— the II and the Mac— don't 
need to be merged and don't need to compete. 
Apple needs to recognize that the II made the 
Mac a reality and it's still a viable computer 
choice. 

John K. Gibson 

536 Creekwood Court 

Westmont, IL 60559 



Have lie, Will Travel 

|| 'VE INCORPORATED COMPUTER 
II education into my home-teaching pro- 
H gram (grades K-12) for the past two 
years. My students share one feature— they're 
all confined to their homes or to hospitals. 
These youngsters are affected with such mal- 
adies as broken legs, head trauma, leukemia, 
brain tumors, and emotional handicaps. Nes- 
tled in my "high-tech knapsack" is an Apple 
lie computer system, which I've integrated 
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rule. Thanks to the Apple, I can present more 
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packages. A first-grade leukemia patient in- 
creased his IQ four points after using a Ik in 
his home-teaching program twice a week for 
several months. Most importantly, the com- 
puter seemed to precipitate a turning point 
for several emotionally handicapped boys. 
Their interaction with a nonthreatening, im- 
personal machine increased their interest and 
attendance at learning sessions significantly. 

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4805 Royahn Avenue 
Baltimore, MD 21236 

Complete Alliance 

"%JfoUR APRIL ISSUE LISTED SEV- 
eral of the National Special Educa- 
8S tion Alliance centers, a program 
sponsored by Apple Computer ("Partners in 
Special Achievement," p. 56). Unfortunately, 
there were a few inaccuracies. Two California 
centers you omitted are Special Awareness 
Computer Center (Rehabilitation Center, 
22975 North Sycamore Drive, Simi Valley, CA 
93065, 805-582-1881, AppleLink: SAC- 
CLINK, contact: Suzanne Feit) and Team of 
Advocates for Special Kids (18685 Santa Ynez, 
Fountain Valley, CA 92708, 714-962-6332, 
AppleLink: CATASK, contact: Joan Stoddard). 
You also excluded two centers in Kentucky: 
Blue Grass Technology Center for People with 
Disabilities (898 Georgetown Street, Lexing- 
ton, KY 40505-1392, 606-233-1483, Apple- 
Link: BTRCFPD, contact: Jean Isaacs) and 
SpeciaLink (36 West 5th Street, Covington, 
KY 41011, 606491-2464, AppleLink: X1272, 
contact: Walter and Elaine Hackett). 

Also, please delete the centers in Texas, 
Georgia, and the District of Columbia from 
your list. 

Pam Patton 

Special Education Programs 
Apple Computer, Inc. 
20525 Mariani Avenue 
Cupertino, CA 95014 

Chip Off the Old Kit 

jj UPGRADED MY APPLE IlGS 
j| recendy from 512K to l megabyte. I pur- 
§1 chased two RAM kits, each one consisting 
of eight chips. While installing one of them, I 
broke off a prong accidentally. To replace that 
individual chip, do I have to buy another RAM 



kit— when I won't be using the remaining 
seven chips? 

Denyse Altagracia 

219 East 97th Street #9-G 

New York, NY 10029 

Check out Microprocessors Unlimited (24000 
South Peoria Avenue, Beggs, OK 74421, 918-267- 
4961). The company will be happy to sell you just 
one. See "Fast RAM Chips" Apple Clinic, May 
1989, p. 22. -eds. 

More Zip 

u 've just read "zip news" in 

August's What's New section (p. 16). If 
11 that's marketing savvy, I'd just rather 
have a working chip. It's my guess that I'm 
not alone in my opinion. My chorus is: 
Zip-pity-do-DUD! Zip-pity-ay! 
My oh my, what a wonderful wait! 
Plenty of dollars have flitted away, 
Zip-pity-do-DUD! Wasting away! 

E. Steve Zapiain 
2287 Grouse Way 
Union City, CA 94587 

Personally Taught 

h agree with david thornburg 

H that schools must shift their focus from 
liS worksheets to literature and from mul- 
tiple-choice questions to essays ("Taking 
Chances," Learning Curve, August 1989, p. 
92). His conclusion, "Fires are kindled with 
ideas, not computers," is equally moving. I 
feel, however, that his perception of the 
"proper" use of technology is skewed. Dr. 
Thornburg's implication that you can use tech- 
nology to accomplish his philosophical goals 
seems ironic at best. 

Education can have two results: short-term 
or long-term retention. You can teach stu- 
dents, with or without technology, how to 
memorize information in a minimum of 
study time. 

This skill will increase confidence and ex- 
pand the student's pool of knowledge. Once 
youngsters can retain information for the short 
term, they can apply themselves intelligently 
to an interactive curriculum that fosters long- 
term retention and creative understanding— a 
strictly human process. Only personal contact 
between students and their instructors— not 



between man and machine— can nurture the 
creative and interactive learning Dr. Thorn- 
bur? encourages. 

Dr. Thornburg criticizes educators who use 
software that teaches facts without fostering 
higher-order thinking. I disagree with his 
premise; students must first learn basic facts 
before thev can have a coherent understand- 
ing of classroom lectures and discussions. 

Even though I'm the CEO of an educational- 
software company, I discourage using com- 
puters in schools more often I encourage it. 
Software companies are making money 
whether they sell good products or bad. Until 
teachers demand software programs that func- 
tion as tools to enhance education through 
simplicity, not extravagance, many companies 
will continue to make products that, although 
visually appealing, offer no substantive edu- 
cational value. 

1 urgently recommend parents, teachers, 
and students to use only educational software 
that clearly achieves a goal that more tradi- 
tional methods of instruction can't accomplish. 

Jeffrey Gold 
Cyberlearn, Inc. 
20863 Stevens Creek Blvd. 
Suite 330 

Cupertino, CA 95014 



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between man and machine— can nurture the 
creative and interactive learning Dr. Thorn- 
burs encourages. 

Dr. Thornburg criticizes educators who use 
software that teaches facts without fostering 
hisher-order thinking. I disagree with his 
premise: students must first learn basic facts 
before thev can have a coherent understand- 
ing of classroom lectures and discussions. 

Even though I'm the CEO of an educational- 
vofrvare company, I discourage using com- 
puters in schools more often I encourage it. 
Software companies are making money 
whether they sell good products or bad. Until 
teachers demand software programs that func- 
tun as tools to enhance education through 
simplicity, not extravagance, many companies 
will continue to make products that, although 
\ l^uallv appealing, offer no substantive edu- 
cational value. 

I urgently recommend parents, teachers, 
and students to use only educational software 
that clearly achieves a goal that more tradi- 
tional methods of instruction can't accomplish. 

Jeffrey Gold 
Cyberlearn, Inc. 
20863 Stevens Creek Blvd. 
Suite 330 

Cupertino, CA 95014 



Migraine Material? 

if have one problem with 

:|| inCider-after reading the magazine 
z i for a short time, I get a headache. I 
cancelled mv subscription because of this 
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tion and expert advice so much that I started 
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This weekend, after enduring my normal 
headache. I decided to see whether I could 
determine why mCider, out of all the magazines 
and newsletters I read, is the only one to pose 
this problem. I discovered that the magazine's 
print is generally smaller in height and there 
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Charlotte, NC 28205 

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the machine easier for disabled users to operate. 

This latest GS comes equipped with 1.125 
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ments. Apple has not raised the machine's price 
($2506 suggested retail for a setup that includes 
CPU, RGB monitor, 3!4-inch drive, and 5'/ 4 -inch 
drive)— good news indeed. — Lafe Low 



ARTISTIC 
FLAIR 

Below and right are some of the winning 
Apple II and Commodore Amiga entries in 





INSIDE STORY 



HARDWARE 



An internal 40-mega- 
byte hard-disk drive may 
arrive soon from Scotland. 
Then again, it may not. 
Cirtech (Scotland], maker of the PlusRAM 
memory-expansion card for the Apple IlGS 
and the StatDisk solid-state electronic disk 
drive, will build the Insider, a 20- or 40- 
megabyte hard-disk drive that fits any 
Apple II. 



The Insider, Cirtech claims, "uses unique 
2V 2 -inch hard-disk mechanisms, with an 
integrated SCSI controller and interface. The 
result is a totally self-contained plug-in card 
that fits directly into any Apple II slot. No 
cables, no extra power supply, no modifi- 
cations to the computer, no tools required, no 

special installation It consumes less 

power than the average printer-interface 
card— a miserly 1.7 watts." 



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LIFE EASIER 









1. T.R. Boyce, age 17, 
LBHS, Altamonte 
Springs, FL. 

2. Michael Krause, age 9, 
Thos. Jefferson School, 
Euclid, OH. 

3. Paula Brooks, age 17, 
DuPont Manual High, 
Louisville, KY. 

4. Michael Hopkins, age 
11, Penn Wood, West 
Chester, PA. 

5. Jeff Canary, age 17, 
DuPont Manual High, 
Louisville, KY. 

6. Gregory King, age 17, 
DuPont Manual High, 
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SOFTWARE 



STICKYBEAR'S 
BACK 

Bedford Stickybear's lat- 
est explorations take him 
into shapes and opposites. 
Both Talking Stickybear 
Opposites and Talking 
Stickybear Shapes use spo- 
ken words and charming pictures to intrigue 
3- to 6-vear old children. 

Kids playing Opposites, for instance, will 
see Bedford pilot his plane over and under a 
bridge, ride his unicycle, frown when he's sad, 
and smile when he's happy. 

Shapes teaches children to identify' circles, 
squares, reactangles, triangles, and dia- 
monds—important facts to know in prepar- 
ation for first grade. Bedford's bearish voice 
and roly-poly figure make kids feel right at 
home with geometry. 

Talking Stickybear Opposites and Shapes 
require 5 1 2K and cost $49.95 each. (Lab packs 
of five disks are priced at $85 per set.) They 
require the Echo card for speech synthesis, 
and are available from Optimum Resource/ 
Weekly Reader, 10 Station Place, Norfolk, CT 
06058, (203) 542-5553. Circle number 350 on 
the Reader Service card for more information. 



That sounds like Scottish thrift, but in July 
Tom Vanderpol at A2-Centrai, Cirtech's 
American distributor, remained cautious. He 
stated that although the Insider looks as if it 
would be really neat, the people at Cirtech 
haven't been able to get the pricing where 
they want it. 

Vanderpol praised the Insider's low power 
draw, but said that A2-Central was not yet 
certain it would sell in the States. 

Cirtech claims the Insider is compatible with 
any Apple II operating system— even more 



than one at a time— and you can use it to 
anchor a local-area network with optional 
software. 

Curious North Americans should contact 
A2-Central, P.Q Box 11250, Overland Park, 
KS 66207, (913] 469- 
6502; others should write 
or call Cirtech, Currie Road 
Industrial Estate, Gala- 
shiels, Selkirkshire, 
Scotland TD1 2BP, [44] 
896 57790, for details. 



Scottish thrift? Cirtech's internal hard- 
disk drive requires no cables, no extra 
power supply, no tools, no modifications, 
and only 1.7 watts— but pricing prob- 
lems may hold up distribution in the 
States. 




inCider October 1989 + 17 



3 

ii. 



■Does Claris (Santa Clara, CA3 
have something personal against 
AppleFest? 

■Apple's next software product 
should be Apple II HyperCard, 

which we think will look more like 
Tutor-Tech [TechWare) than 
HyperStudio (Roger Wagner 
Publishing). 

■We hear that Don Mclntyre, a 
former exec at Zip Technology 
(Los Angeles, CA) has taken over 
the mail-order distribution of the 
Zip Chip accelerator. 

■Nature Boy Software (South 
Lancaster, PA) hopes to follow up 
the monumental success of Ani- 
mal Tracker with Bird Watcher. 



■Jeff Gold, bo: 
wonder president : : 
CyberLearn, (Cu- 
pertino, CA) has 
been giving awe 
tons of software to teachers. 

■PyGraphics (Grapevine, TX) is 
talking with top chip maker Frito- 
Lay about creating a game featur- 
ing the famous Chester Cheeto 
ctm) character. 

■The Jostens Learning Corpo- 
ration (San Diego, CA, and Phoe- 
nix, AZ) is gobbling up the 
curriculum-software market, 

acquiring Education Systems 




Corporation, Hart- 
ley Courseware, and 
APPLE BITS Prescription Learn- 
ing Corporation. 
Jostens offers "in- 
tegrated learning systems"- 
software and service-to 25 per- 
cent of the nation's schools. 

■Look for an AppleWorks Pro- 
grammers Association to form as 
soon as Beagle Bros makes public 
the secrets of writing TimeOut 
applications. 

■Alert inCider readers will note 
that our own Cynthia Field's disk 
of Publish It! projects is available 
from the Public Domain Exchange 
(Santa Clara, CA) for only $5 (plus 



a $20 membership fee, and a 
$10 shareware donation to the 
author). 

■Is Chinook Technology CLong- 
mont, CO), makers of hard-disk 
drives, looking to pick up one of its 
competitors? 

■Unconfirmed rumors out of 
Maryland are that General Elec- 
tric would like to be rid of the 
GEnie electronic network. 

■What's holding up the new 
accounting package from Beagle 
Bros (San Diego, CA)? 



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What's on the tube tonight? 

Reruns anyone? Up for another evening of stale sitcoms? 
How about a bad B-movie? If this isn't your idea of 
family fun, it's time to check out a new entertainment listing — 
MECC Software for the Home. This catalog is filled with software 
for everyone, from preschoolers ready to explore the intriguing 

world of the alphabet to adults wanting to explore the 
world of nations around them. MECC Software for the Home could 
put your notion of home entertainment in a whole new light. 

To order your MECC Software for the Home catalog or to get 
more information about where to buy MECC software: 

Call 800/228-3504 or 612/481-3500. 

In Minnesota call 800/782-0032. 

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Circle 135 on Reader Service Card. 



Circle 147 on Reader Service Card. 



HISTORY MYSTERY 




Where in 
Time Is Carmen 
Sandiego? is 
the latest ad- 
SOFTWARE venture of 
Broderbund's 
infamous globe-trotting thief. 

The first three Carmen mys- 
teries, Where in the World, 
Where in the USA, and Where 
in Europe Is Carmen San- 
diego?, delighted geography 
teachers everywhere, as Car- 
men thrilled students with ex- 
citing travels that forced kids 
to study maps and atlases. 
Where in Time should make 



history teachers happy. The 
gang have gotten their hands 
on a time machine that lets 
Carmen and her cohorts prac- 
tice their underhanded craft 
anytime from 400 to 1950 
A.D.— lifting Queen Isabella's 
jewels in 1492 before she has 
a chance to bankroll Chris Co- 
lumbus, or snatching En- 
gland's Magna Carta in 1215 
before King John gets to see it, 
let alone sign it. 

Luckily for history, the Acme 
Detective Agency— that's you 
when you play Carmen— has an 
identical time machine, a copy 



of the 1300-page 
New American 
Library Desk 
Encyclopedia t and 
an on-line graphics 
database of historical infor- 
mation to help crack each 
case. 

"History is a logical exten- 
sion for the Carmen Sandiego 
series," according to Gary 
Carlston, Broderbund's presi- 
dent and co-founder. "Even 
though the emphasis has been 
on geography, the earlier 
games have all included some 
historical information." 




Where in Time Is Carmen 
Sandiego? costs $44.95; a 
school edition with teacher's 
guide and backup disk (the pro- 
gram is copy-protected) is 
$54.95, and a lab pack with 
five sets of disks is $109.95, 
from Broderbund Software, 17 
Paul Drive, San Rafael, CA 
94903-2101, (4151 492- 
3200. 



If you love Print Shop, you'll love Big Red 



Do you love Print Shop? We 
mm do! That's why we created 
PLUS, the Print Shop Lovers' 
Utility Set. PLUS is a set of 
utility programs designed for the Apple 
lie/JIc 5 version of Print Shop. PLUS 
reads the directory of any disk 
containing Print Shop graphics and 
prints a catalog sheet showing every 
graphic with its name. You can print 
catalog sheets of borders and fonts, too. 

PLUS also features a Label 
Maker, Bookmark Maker, and five 
other utilities. To order PLUS, 
send $39.95 to Big Red 
Computer Club. Ask for 
product number PS01 . • 
(64K required.) m 



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trademark of 
Broderbund Software. 
Apple lie. He, and I ICS 
are trademarks 
of Apple 

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PLUS-GS is a set of utility 
programs designed especially for 
Print Shop IIGS. In addition to 
printing catalog sheets of multi-color 
graphics, borders, fonts, pixels, and 
patterns, PLUS-GS converts GS 
fonts to Print Shop fonts. You can 
also create your own multi-color 
borders and patterns, capture Print 
Shop graphics from SHR pictures, 
and convert He graphics and 
borders. Order product number 
PS51 for PLUS-GS. Price is 
$39.95. (5 12K required.) 



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Shop graphics, borders, and fonts into unique, 
colorful labels. Create your own custom labels 
for videotapes, notebooks, disks, envelopes, 
and anything else you can imagine. Design 
your own postcards, price tags, badges, and 
name tags, too. Take advantage of the built-in 
database or merge labels with an AppleWorks*' 
database file. 

LABELS, LABELS, LABELS prints in 
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□ 000 Learn BASIC programming, assembler $5 

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n 750,751 Fireground— fight fires and save lives (joystick reo.j (2 disk set) $10 

n NEW 813 Pinball games: Flip-It, Super Blast plus 2 more $5 

n 814 Monopoly: Apple II version of the popular board game $5 

n 841 Tomb of Doom: Battle spiders, bats and rats while trapped in dark caverns! . . $5 

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INFOCOM'S 
ON A ROLL 

Infocom has certainly been keeping busy— the com- 
pany's coming out with a trio of titles that are certain 
to keep true Infocomaniacs happy. 

Did you ever wonder what happened to the royal 
Flathead family of Zork fame, or what became of the 
Great Underground Empire? You'll probably find the 
answers in Zork Zero, a "prequel" to the popular Zork trilogy. The 
newest Zork, although it "occurs" before the other three, features more 
than 200 bizarre locations and as many peculiar puzzles as all the 
previous Zorks combined. True Zorkheads won't want to miss this one. 

For an experience a bit closer to reality, you can travel to 16th-century 
Japan as the lead character in Shogun, an electronic version of James 
Clavell's epic novel. As the British sea captain John Blackthorne, you'll 
have to make decisions that affect your own fortunes and that of Mariko, 
the court translator with whom you become involved, and Toranaga, 
one of the regents enmeshed in a vicious power struggle to become the 
Shogun. 

The illustrated fantasy role-playing game Journey rounds out the 
company's new threesome. Journey starts you off in a village that has 
endured five years of suffering; you join a party setting out to find 
the great wizard Astrix for a much-needed dose of wisdom. Menu com- 
mands control your party, casting spells throughout combat and other 
explorations. 

All three games sell for $49.95 each, and should be on software shelves 
this fall. Since the early days of Zork, Infocom has left its previous home 
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is now based in Menlo Park, Cali- 
fornia. For more information, circle number 351 on the Reader Service 
card or contact Mediagenic, Infocom's distributor, at 3885 Bohannon 
Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (415) 329-0800. -Lafe Low 



■Applied Ingenuity 
(Baldwin Park, CA) 
has reworked its 
popular InnerDrive 
internal GS hard 
disk. For $49.95 
InnerDrive owners 
get a new controller 




UP ATES 



■Applied Engineer- 
ing (Dallas, "DO has 
slashed the PC 
Transporter s re- 
tail price by 26 1 / 2 
percent. The add-on 
board that lets Ap- 
ple lis run IBM soft- 



card and system software. The ware now costs $499. Prices of 
InnerDrive uses standard IBM-type disk drives and cables 
GS/0S. are unchanged. 

■Scholastic Software (New York, NY) has released network versions 
of more than 50 popular educational programs, such as Bank Street 
Writer, Super Story Tree, Math Shop, Algebra Shop, Success with 
Writing, Super Print, and many, many more. Scholastic supports 
AppleShare, Corvus, Velan, and Digicard networks. 



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DO THE 
Write THING 



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** 0U *% A group 

inner-city kids 
aged 7-1 2 learn 
to type articles, 
draw illustra- 
tions, and lay 
out a newslet- 
ter s pages on a computer in a 
"6a 15-minute video film, Teach- 
ing Kids Desktop Publishing. 

' The purpose of the film isn't 
just to demonstrate basic 
techniques most desktop-pub- 
lishing programs use," notes 
Dma Cukier-Schlesinger, the 
New York City computer teacher 
Nho wrote and produced the 
■ ideo. "It also shows how 
quickly— almost intuitively — 
Kids learn to express themselves 
on computer." 

The spontaneity and intensity 
of these kids, many of whom had 
never used a computer before, 



really show. Watching this film, 
you feel you're seeing people 
learn. 

Teaching Kids Desktop Pub- 
lishing is an excellent motiva- 
tional tool for teachers thinking 
about getting started in DTP, 
but many students are also 
moved by it. One 10-year-old 
commented, "I want to write 
my own story on the computer. 
The movie features Spring- 
board's Newsroom software, 
but its lessons are applicable to 
all other popular publishing 
programs. 

Teaching Kids Desktop Pub- 
lishing is available only by mail on 
VHS for $29.95, and in 3 / 4 -inch 
videotape for $44.95, from 
Schlesinger Associates, 210 
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"The Apple II continues to be an important part of 

our business."' 

"Just because the world now has automatic 
transmissions, that doesn't mean that we no longer 
have stick shifts." —Jean-Louis Gassee, 

President, Apple Products 




QUOTES 



"The Apple II will continue to be a viable choice for many customers into 
the 1990s." 

"Apple's philosophy is to change the world by providing tools that enable 
individuals to be more creative and efficient— as well as do things never 
done before. The Apple II has been a powerful start in that direction." 
"Apple's customers are finding that both the Apple II and the Macintosh 
provide excellent value, and that in environments calling for multiple 
computers, both products work well together for complementary tasks. This 
co-existence is fostered by the AppleTalk network and many peripherals 
such as printers, file servers, and disk drives." 

—from an "Apple II positioning paper" given to the press by Apple, May 1989 



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APPLEWORKS 3.0 ARRIVED AT OUR OFFICES 
the same week that Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3 finally 
made it to stores. I'm no fool— I won't compare the 
two programs. I've been comfortable with Apple- 
Works for years, and 3.0 fits me perfectly. 

On the other hand, I haven't tried to understand 
1-2-3 (an integrated spreadsheet, database man- 
ager, and graphics program) for years. I hear that 
Release 3 prints sideways, has its own programming 
language, and analyzes three-dimensional spread- 
sheets. 1-2-3 would obviously win the competition. 
But you can tell something about an apple even by 
holding it next to an orange. 

Programmer Jonathan Sachs wrote Lotus 1-2-3, 
by himself, in 1983, for the (standard) 256K IBM 
PC. "I don't have anything against the team ap- 
proach, it's just not the way I work best," he said 
in an interview published in Programmers at Work 
(Microsoft Press, 1986). When he met Mitch Kapor, 
the man who founded Lotus Development, "the 
spreadsheet was already done, and within a month 

I had converted it over to C. . . 1-2-3 began with 
a working program, and it continued to be a work- 
ing program throughout its development." Sachs 
says that's why it was such a success. He knew at 
every moment during its development what fea- 
tures 1-2-3 had, what he wanted it to have, and 
what it could do. One man understood the whole 
project. 

Release 3 was released a year late. It's squeezed 
onto 14 floppy disks that a team of 40 programmers 
took years to write. I don't know their names. 
Release 3, according to Lotus, was "redesigned" in 
C. Whatever else that means, it will be portable. 
Lotus wants to be sure that Release 3 will work with 
OS/2, MS-DOS, whatever IBM does next, and prob- 
ably even the Macintosh someday. Nobody's quite 
certain what the standard business computer system 
is. Release 3 requires an 80286 or 80386 micropro- 
cessor, a hard-disk drive, and a megabyte of RAM. 

Bob Lissner wrote AppleWorks in 1983, alone. 
After a brief flirtation with the Apple III, Apple- 
Works settled down with the (standard) 128K Apple 

II with a single 5'/ 4 -inch disk drive. It came on a 



single disk; AppleWorks 3.0 requires two double- 
sided disks. AppleWorks 3.0 works on any Apple 
II-even that 1985-standard 128K Apple II with a 
single disk drive. It's written in assembly language. 

Three programmers wrote AppleWorks 3.0; their 
names are Alan Bird, Randy Brandt, and Bob Ren- 
strom. They're all employed by Beagle Bros of San 
Diego. Beagle Bros didn't get the AppleWorks 3.0 
contract because Claris' affirmative-action lawyers 
suggested hiring small dogs. Beagle Bros had al- 
ready written most of AppleWorks 3.0 as TimeOut 
AppleWorks accessories. As Jonathan Sachs might 
say, AppleWorks 3.0 was a working program from 
the start. 

Pundits in the IBM PC and Macintosh indus- 
tries—often and incorrecdy called the microcom- 
puter industry— complain that "hardware is 
advancing faster than software " IBM, Compaq, Ap- 
ple, and the rest are building better machines faster 
than Microsoft and Lotus can write better software 
for them. 

It's too bad that software-industry pundits won't 
look closely at AppleWorks 3.0: They'd see software 
pacing its hardware. AppleWorks 3.0 proves how 
good software can be if it runs on— what can I call 
it but old?— hardware. Lotus 1-2-3 shows what hap- 
pens when software developers struggle to remain 
"state of the art." 

A single programmer does the job best, a small 
team well, and a large team badly. Frederic Brooks 
wrote an essay called The Mythical Man-Month 
(Addison-Wesley, 1974), proving that if one pro- 
grammer can write 10,000 lines of code a month, 
it doesn't follow that 30 programmers can do it in 
a day. Give me Lissner or a small litter of Beagles. 
Lotus can keep its professional software team. 

By the way, buy AppleWorks 3.0. Don't complain 
to me that you have to pay $79 to upgrade— if you 
had bought Lotus 1-2-3 in 1983, you'd have to buy 
a whole new computer to run Release 3. Apple- 
Works 3.0 proves there's a future for the Apple II 
and, more importantly, a chance in the future for 
a single person (or a small group) to create some- 
thing of lasting value. □ 



22 ♦ inCider October 1989 



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Yes, InnerDrive has surpassed the dog as "man's 
best Friend". While InnerDrive may not bring you 
your newspaper or your slippers, it offers some 
"dog-gone" good features that make your life a lot 
easier... like bringing you Apple WorksGS at 
lightning speed. InnerDrive is the best value of any 
Apple II hard drive, and no bones about it! 

As we've said before, there are two kinds of 
Apple II users - those who know they need a hard 
drive and those who don't know they need a hard 
drive, yet. What we mean by that is, a hard drive is 
one of those misunderstood peripherals that can 
greatly increase the productivity and simplicity of 
your computer, if only you were to realize its 
potential. 

A hard drive is as easy to use as a disk drive. 
You load, save, and copy the same way. But the 
hard drive is so much faster than a standard drive 
that your time spent waiting for loading and saving 
is significantly reduced. And since there is so much 



storage available, all of your programs are at your 
finger tips. And that means no more tedious disk 
swaps or searching through stacks of disks. 

The InnerDrive's advantages are superior 
performace, and high reliability, at an affordable 
price. InnerDrive is the first internal hard drive for 
the Ilgs, the first hard drive to transfer data in 16 
bits, and the first hard drive for under $500. 

InnerDrive also comes with 3 megabytes of free 
software and GS/OS 5.0. A He version is also 
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By WILUAM P. KENNEDY, Ph.D. 

GS Senility 

Wk Jfj Y GS* CONTROL-PANEL 
M Iff R settings have all reverted back 
It lit 8 to their default (factory-set) 
states— for instance, the screen colors switch 
back to white on medium blue. I can still 
change the Control Panel, and it stays that 
way only as long as I keep the computer on. 
Turn the GS off and wham— it's Control-Open 
apple-Escape time again. Everything else 
seems to work okay. What's happening? Is this 
a prelude to disaster? 

Steve Muskiewicz 
Hudson, NH 

Sounds like your GS is getting senile, Steve. And 
it's not all that old. Fortunately, all it needs is a 
new battery. 

We talked about dead GS batteries in Apple Clinic 
last March (p. 22), but the case bears reviewing: 
Your GS battery is going to wear out and it'll happen 
sooner than you might expect (after about two years 
of normal use). Just keep these symptoms in the, back 
of your mind so that you can avoid panic: Overnight, 
your screen's border, background, and text colors 
change; your cards (except slot 7) don't work any- 
more; a fast mouse becomes lethargic; the calendar 
thinks it's January 1, 1912; and so on. 

When the inevitable happens, just open up your 
GS and clip on the fresh battery you purchased for 
the occasion from Night Owl Productions (5734 



Lamar, Mission, KS 66202, $9.95 including in- 
stallation instructions). 

Or, for those of you lacking rudimentary technical 
skills or the nerve to find out that you lack them, 
pack up your GS (save your back and leave the 
drives, keyboard, monitor, and so on home) and take 
it to your local dealer, who'll install a new battery 
for you. 



GS Text Colors 

j UST A QUICK QUESTION: HOW 
11 can I use the programming language 

^BlP Applesoft BASIC to change the color 

of my GS' text and background? 

Matthew Huck 
Pocatello, ID 

Forget Applesoft! Grab a can of spray pint and 
go wild, Matt. 

Or simply POKE the colors for text and back- 
ground into a single memory location: POKE 
49186, TC*16 + BC, where TC is the text color 
and BC is the background color. To examine the 
current colors, use the statements TC = INT(PEEK 
(49186)116) and BC = PEEK(49186) - TC. 

As you probably already know, the GS can display 
colored text characters on top of a colored back- 
ground, each in 16 different hues. Colors are num- 
bered zero (0) through 15; these values should be 
used for TC and BC above. Text and background 
for the entire screen, not just a single character, are 
changed simultaneously. 



RAM Crash 

ill Jii y gs is getting weird - 

|p%Jlll§ Every so often, more so in re- 
H US H cent weeks, it just crashes into 
the monitor when I use GS-specific software 
such as AppleWorks GS or Paintworks Gold. 
But it never dies when I use regular Apple II 
software like 8-bit AppleWorks. Is GS software 
normally so buggy, or is there something 
wrong with my computer? 

Molly Pistatt 
Newborn©, PA 

There's no hiding the fact that much of the soft- 
ware available for the GS has problems— a bit 
"buggy," as you termed it, when compared with that 
for earlier Apple lis. But the GS is relatively new, 
and the awesome software you see is made possible 
by the machine's much more sophisticated hardware 
and ROM-based support firmware. It takes time 
and experience to produce such complicated soft- 
ware; let's give the development community a chance 
to learn and perfect its work for the GS. In the 
meantime, have patience, send in those warranty 
cards to the manufacturers, and keep the pressure 
on them to provide timely upgrades at reasonable 
prices, 

I don't think buggy GS software is your problem, 
though, Molly. Overheated, corroded, or loose com- 
portents could be the source (see "Fatal Error 091 1 " 
in this column), but I suspect that at least one faulty 
RAM (random-access memory) chip on your GS 
memory-expansion card is crashing your GS software. 

Most software programmed for earlier Apple lis 
uses only the first one or two banks (64K or 128K) 
of RAM on your GS' main component board 
(motherboard). The GS uses the other 128K on the 
motherboard for system-related activities. GS-specific 
software uses most if not all of that 256K to 6 
megabytes of available memory. Because the errors 
occur only with GS software, the errant memory 
chips are probably on your RAM-expansion card. ► 



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Find a competent dealer; locating the faulty RAM 
chip yourself is almost guaranteed to be frustrating. 
And heaven help you if several are bad and you 
attempt to discover them hit or miss. If you're fairly 
experienced with your hardware, though, a good 
RAM-card testing program is essential. GTEST is 
distributed with Applied Engineering's RAM cards; 
On Three has a RAM tester for the Apple memory 
card (8920 Yolanda Avenue, Northridge, CA 
91324, 818-701-1355). Both display a picture of 
your RAM card and mark the unused or bad RAM 
chips graphically so that you can find them easily 
and replace them. Serious GS owners should learn 
to use these RAM testers in anticipation of possible 
problems. You could save yourself a lot of time and 
money. 



Fatal Error 0911 

havent a clue whats happen- 

ing happening or why, but every so often, 
usually at the least opportune moment, 
my GS commits suicide with a fatal system 
error 09ll. This didn't start happening until 
I installed a Fingerprint GSi and a TransWarp 
card along with my hard-disk-drive controller 
and internal modem. I use an MDIdeas Con- 
server to keep things cool, so I don't think it's 
overheating. What's a 09 ll error and what's 
causing the problem? 

Larry Hinz 
Burlingame, CA 

That cryptic error code means that your Apple 
Desktop Bus (ADB) toolset {09), which controls 
peripherals such as the keyboard and mouse, has 
encountered a system timing error (11). 

Several conditions can make your GS strike a 
discordant note and die, sometimes in 0911, some- 
times into the system monitor The metal connector 
pins in your mouse and keyboard cables or on the 
integrated-circuit chips (those bug-like devices 
plugged into the motherboard or your interface 
cards) are subject to corrosion and, hence, may 
weaken or lose contact with their sockets. 

Electrons devices, including some in your GS, 
emit ozone and other corrosive gases. And corrosion 
is particularly prevalent in cities, where air-borne 
ozone and acid levels tend to be elevated. Contacts 
oho can degrade as the connectors or chips work 
themselves up out of their sockets as they're heated 
repeatedly, then cooled in the course of normal use. 

In these cases, reseat the errant cable connections 
or chips: Press down on each one firmly but gently 
with your thumb. (Make sure the power's off!) That 



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a fan will reduce the heat, hence the 
and contraction that unseat the chips, 
wide removing corrosive gases thai can accumulate 
m € stagnant environment. 

The conditions you describe, however, Larry, 
suggest that the direct effect of heat on your GS' 
cmponmts, exacerbated by the inclusion of a 
TmsWarp card, is the culprit in your 0911 errors. 
Other readers also have complained of fatal problems 
aid similar equipment. 

Apparently, GS timing becomes even more critical 
m ks TransWarp-accelerated state. Heat will force 
the electronic devices nearer their operating limits — 
tmmg included. Although your MDIdeas fan is fine 
fw bgkt duty, you need the industrial-strength air 
im of an internal fan to keep components cool. 
Several companies, including Apple, make internal 
s ans that plug into a power socket right in the GS, 
immatmg extra line cords and the threat of electro- 
idkm. I recommend the Cool-It fan from Cirtech 
$49; order from A2-Central, P.O. Box 11250, 
JverlandPark, KS 66207, 913-469-6502). 



Quickies 

Update for July 1989 Apple Clinic 
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program: Clear the entire DHR to black 
m lines 150 and 170 with the simple 
statement CALL 62450. 

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Charlottesville, VA 

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of letters, most wont appear in print, but 
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$45.00 



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/ restore, auto load, and more. Three years as 
the top-selling ram disk utility. $39.95. 

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gram like RepairWorks wouldn't be necessary. 
Unfortunately the world isn't perfect and for those 
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when it involves your Apple- 
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Graphing utility; 
1 28K Apple He, lie Plus. llGS, enhanced He; 
$49.95 

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pi. IIP emo to all business users: Do you 
M%MM un( kr$tand all the numbers in 
If W 9, your spreadsheet? Do you need 
to look at where your company has been and 
where it's going— but you're buried in print- 
outs and can't see the forest for the trees? 
Timeworks has a solution. Graph It! trans- 
forms all those figures into charts and graphs 
that can help you understand what your num- 
bers mean. 
You can enter data into Graph ItPs spread- 



sheet-like grid or import numbers from other 
programs (such as AppleWorks or DB Master) 
as ASCII text files. Graph It! can handle up 
to 400 data points in any combination of col- 
umns and rows. 

When creating a Graph It! chart, you must 
first indicate how many rows and columns you 
expect to have. Because you can't change a 
file's size once you've created it, you'll have to 
do some planning to make sure your initial 
settings are sufficient. 



The 128-page indexed manual can get you 
started quickly, and working with the sample 
data files will help you get your feet wet. Graph 
It! comes on both 3!/ 2 - and S^-inch noncopy- 
protected disks. 

Initial configuration is easy: Select your 
printer and interface card by scrolling through 
a list and highlighting your equipment. The 
program supports more than 60 printers and 
nearly that many interface cards. 

Graph It! is designed to work with a mouse. 
(It doesn't support a joystick.) If you're mouse- 
less, you'll spend a lot of time using the arrow 
keys to move around the keyboard, even 
though many functions have shortcuts. For 
example, Open apple-G graphs your data, 
Open apple-P prints, and so on. The Graph 
It! package isn't kidding when it says a mouse 
is "highly recommended." 

CHARTING VARIETY 

Graph It! produces all the different types of 
charts you'd expect from such a package, in- 
cluding line, column, and bar charts, as well 
as area graphs, scatter charts, and stacked- 
column graphs. The most interesting Graph 
It! design is a 3-D chart, which gives depth 
and perspective to your figures. The combi- 
nation line and column chart, however, con- 
nects only the tops of columns. I'd prefer that 
Graph It! plot one data set as a column and 
another as a line in the same image. 

Graph Id's strength lies not only in the va- 
riety of charts it offers, but also in the control 
you have over the pictures you create— even 
down to printing your images in two different 
sizes and print densities. You can rotate the 
images, too, which may help you interpret 
your figures. 

The program offers a choice of patterns if 
you'd like borders around your graphs. You 
can also include a background, and adjust the 
spacing between columns and the depth of 
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Live Long and Prosper 



Permit us a logical prediction. With Vulcan™, 
the Apple n series will continue to live long and 
prosper. Applied Engineering's latest triumph, 
Vulcan, lives! 

Vulcan high-speed internal hard disks for the 
Apple lies, He, 11+ and A, combines a wide 
range of upgradeable sizes with the speed and 
power lacking in other systems. The result? A 
quantum leap forward into the Apple II future. 
Finally, a reliable and affordable way to store 
massive files while speeding up booting time and 
saving wear on disk drives, 

Bar none, Vulcan is the fastest hard drive on 
the Apple n market. With System 5.0 you can 
load AppleWorks GS in less than 14 seconds. 
Boot GO/OS into the finder in 18 seconds. 
Verify disks at the astounding rate of more than 
180 blocks per second. 
Easy to use. 

Our built-in firmware automatically installs 
itself as a Desk Accessory for write protection 
and partitioning. The software we provide lets 
you easily back up and reformat. Vulcan easily 
installs under your computer's hood, replacing 
the Apple power supply with 70 watts of power. 



Upgradeable flexibility. 

Choose a Vulcan from 20, 40, 100 - all the 
way to a staggering 200 MEGs. Vulcan is 
upgradeable, so it can grow as your needs 
grow. Use virtually any operating system: 
GS/OS, ProDOS 8, DOS 3-3, CPM or Pascal 1.3. 
Vulcan supports them all with sixteen partitions 
(up to four can be accessed simultaneously). 
Partitioning and backup utilities are included. 
Choose slot 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 or 7. Even psuedo-slot 
to slot 7 from elsewhere. Vulcan works on 
110/220 VAC, even European 115/230 VAC at 
50-60 Hz. 

Sheer, raw power. 

Vulcan's power supply was custom-designed 
by Applied Engineering to provide the power 
lacking in other systems. It checks in at 70 
watts, nearly twice the capacity of competing 
systems . . , enough punch to safely handle a 
motherboard full of expansion cards. Power 
components are heatsinked to the aluminum 
case. To harness all that power, Vulcan 
contains an ultra-quiet cooling fan. For speed, 
Vulcan incorporates an ultra-fast 16-bit data bus 
controller, not an 8-bit like others. 



Vulcan gives your Apple n an upgradeable 
combination of useable speed, safe power (it's 
FCC certified) and practically unlimited size. It's 
a quantum advance that'll keep you Apple Iling 
for years to come. 
Order today! 

To order or for more information, see your 
dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to 
11 pm, 7 days. Or send check or money order 
to Applied Engineering. MasterCard, VISA and 
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Vulcan 40 MEG $849 

Vulcan 100 MEG $1795 

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ACCELERATORS/RAMCARDS/Z-80/80 COLUMN 


Apple Computer 




Z-RAM Ultra 3 (1 MG) 


445. 


Apple He Enhancement Kit 


65. 


GS-RAM (256K) 


139. 


Apple He Extended 80 Col. Card 


89. 


GS-RAM (512K) 


195. 


Applied Engineering 




GS-RAM (1MG) 


299. 


RamWorks III (256K) 


165. 


GS-RAM (1.5MG) 


409. 


RamWorks III (512K) 


219. 


GS-Ram Plus (1MB) 


325. 


RamWorks III (1MG) 


325. 


GS-RAM Plus (2MG) 


519. 


Ram Express (256K) 


209. 


GS-RAM Plus (3MG) 


715. 


Ram Express (512K) 


265. 


GS-Ram Ultra (256K) 


179. 


Ram Express (1MG) 


375. 


GS-RAM Ultra (512K) 


225. 


Ramkeeper 


145. 


GS-RAM Ultra (1MG) 


319. 


PC Transporter (768K) 


379. 


GS-RAM Ultra (2MG) 


505. 


PC Transporter Installation Kit (He) 


33. 


RamWorks Basic (256K) 


149. 


PC Transporter Installation Kit (IIgs) 


42. 


RamWorks Basic (512K) 


199. 


RamFactor (256K) 


199. 


Phasor (II+, He, or ties) 


125. 


RamFactor (512K) 


255. 


TransWarp Accelerator 


Spec/a/ 125 


RamFactor (IMG) 


365. 


TransWarp Accelerator (IIgs) 


Spec/a/ 294 


Z-RAM Ultra 1 (256K) 


165. 


ViewMaster 80 (11+) 


125. 


Z-RAM Ultra 1 (512K) 


219 


Z-80 Plus(//+,//e,//GSj 


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Z-RAM Ultra 2 (256K) 


"213. 


Bits & Pieces Rocket Chip 


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269. 


Orange Micro RamPak 4GS 




Z-RAM Ultra2(fMG) 


379, 


(512k Exp. to 4MB w/Utilities) 


139. 


Z-RAM Ultra 3 (256K) 


279. 


Zip Technology Zip Chip 4 MHZ 


$pec/a/129" 


Z-RAM Ultra 3 (512K) 


335. 


Zip Chip 8 MHZ 


Special 159. 




Loser 128EX 

by Loser Computer 

The Laser 128EX is the newest Laser 
Computer. Features include 192K of 
ram, 128K of user ram, 64K of video 
ram. Built-in Triple Speed Processor 1 
mhz, 2.3 mhz and 3.6 mhz. Able to add 
up to 1 meg of ram on the internal 
motherboard. Built-in 5 1 /4 disk drive, 
parallel port and serial port. Other 
options included are expansion slot, 
joystick/mouse port and 40/80 column 
card $449. 



PRINTER INTERFACE CARPS 



Apple SCSI Card 


115. 


Orange Micro Grappler C/Mac/GS Special 79. 


Apple Super Serial Card 


119. 


ProGrappler (Apple He or IIgs) 


84. 


Applied Engineering Buffer Pro 32K 


89. 


Serial Grappler Plus 


82. 


BufferPro 128K 


125. 


SMT No Slof Clock 


42, 


Serial Pro (II+, lie, IIgs) 


115. 


Print Tech tl (Parallel interface) 


37. 


Parallel Pro (//+ lie, IIgs) 


79. 


Third ware Finger Print GSi Ver 2 (Incl. 




Applied Ingenuity GS Juice Plus 1 MB 


235. 


Desktop Accessories-lies) 


79. 


GS Juice Plus 2 MB 


415, 


Finger Print Plus (Specify Cables: Parallel, 




GS Juice Plus 4 MB 


745. 


Serial or ImageWriter 11-11+ & He) 


89. 



COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE 



Actlvleion 




Checkmate Technology ProTERM (llGS,lle,llc) 95. 


Teleworks Plus (IIgs) 


66. 


Compuserve Compuserve Starter Kit 


24. 


Applied Engineering EasyLink 


85. 


United Software Industries 




Beagle Bros. TimeOut TeleComm 


45, 


ASCII: Express Pro: Prodos 


72. 


Point-to-Point 


65. 


ASCII: Express Mousetalk 1.5 


69. 


UTILITIES & LANGUAGES 






Absofl AC/BASIC (16-bit BASIC 




The Byte Works 




Compiler for Hgs) 


84. 


ORCA/M Assembler (Hgs) 


39. 


Big Red Computer 




ORCA/Pascal Desktop Debugger (Hgs) 


80. 


PS Lovers' Utility Set (AP or IIgs) 


29. 


ORCA/C Desktop Debugger (Hgs) 


80. 


Micol Systems 




ORCA DeskTop (IIgs) 


34. 


Micol Advanced Basic (IIgs) V3.0 


99. 


TML Systems TML Basic (Hgs) 


84. 


Roger Wagner Softswitch (Hgs) 


39. 


TML Pascal II (Hgs) 


84. 


Merlin 8/16 (He, He, Hgs) 


79. 


TML Source Code Library II (Hgs) 


35. 


So What Software Disc Commander (lies) 


29. 


TML Speech Toolkit (Hgs) 


49. 


Hyper Launch (Hgs) 


35. 


Zedcor ZBASIC 4.0 Interactive Compiler 


39. 



DISK DRIVES & HARD DISK SUBSYSTEMS 


American micro iwsoarcn \mKtv <>c* 




Chinook CT-20 Hard Drive (AP & Hgs) 


499. 


aur npn/AP9 pnMR Hn w/9r9i nip a 




CT-20c Hard Drive He 


605. 


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CT-40+ Hard Drive (AP & Hgs) 


669. 


w/SCSI (He & IIgs) 


829. 


CT-80 Hard Drive (AP & Hgs) 


1075. 


A5 D Half Height 5%" Drive 




CMS "SD Series - Stack" Platinum He, Hgs 




(Hgs Daisychain) 


155. 


20 MB w/SCSI II card 


645. 


A.5 Half Height (ll+&lle) 


129. 


43 MB w/SCSI II card 


845. 


A.5C Half Height (He) 


129. 


60 MB w/SCSI II card 


950. 


Micro Sci C2 Controller 


52. 


First Class T6 60MB Tape 


749. 


Applied Engineering Transdrive 360K 


199. 


D2 20MB HD (He & IIgs) Special 499. 


Transdrive Dual 360K 


295. 


D4/T40MB HD (He & Hgs) 


835. 


Transdrive Half Height 360K 


109, 


D7/T 70 MB HD (He & IIGS) 


1015. 


Vulcan 20 (AP or Hgs) 


495. 


Laser Computer, Inc. 




Vulcan 40^ or Hgs) 


649. 


Universal Disk Controller 


45. 


Vulcan 100 (AP or Hgs) 


1369. 


Laser DiskDrive (Hgs) 


105. 


Applied Ingenuity 




Laser 800KB Drive 


185. 


Inner Drive 20 (AP or Hgs) 


469. 


Universal Disk Controller/800KB 




Inner Drive AO (AP or Hgs) 


819. 


Drive Bundle 


219. 




TimeOut Report Writer 
by Beagle Brothers 

TimeOut ReportWrher is a relational 
report generator that turns Apple- 
Works into a powerful business tool! 
Generate invoices, billing statements, 
order forms and more, right inside 
AppleWorks. Information from up to 11 
different database, spreadsheet, and 
word processor files can be used by a 
singel report - no more limitations be- 
cause AppleWorks is too small! And 
your reports will print out exactly how 
they look on the screen $52. 



GRAPHICS PACKAGES 



Abracadata 

Design Your Own Train 35, 
Design Your Own Home: Architecture (Hgs) 

or Interiors (Hgs) 65. 
Design Your Own Home: 

Landscape (IIgs) 65. 
Design Your Own Home: Architecture, 

Interiors or Landscape 49. 
Architecture Library 1 , 2, 3 or 4 (AP or Hgs) 21 . 
Interiors Library 1, 2 or Landscape 

Library 1 21. 
Acthrfsion 

PaintWorks Gold or Draw Plus 66. 

Paint/Write/Draw (Not Protected Hgs) 80. 

BaudviHe Award Maker Plus (He & IIgs) 24. 

816/Paint (Works On All Apples) 46. 

Beagle Bros. Beagle Draw 55. 

Berkeley Softworks GEOS (C+) 79. 

GEOPublish 69. 

GEOS, GEOCalc or GEOFile 49. 

GEOMouse (AP&C+) 39. 
Broderbund Dazzle Draw (AP or C+) or 

Show Off (Hgs) 39. 

Print Shop (AP or C+) or Fantavision 29. 



Print Shop (Hgs) or Fantavision (Hgs) 39. 

Print Shop Companion 25. 
Print Shop Graphics Library I, II, III 

or Holiday Ed. 16. 

Print Shop Graphics Lib. Sampler Ed. (Hgs) 24. 

Print Shop Graphics Lib. Party Ed. (Hgs) 24. 

Electronic Arts DeluxePaint II (Hgs) 65. 

DeluxeWrite w/DeluxePaint II (IIgs) 85. 

DeluxeWrite (Hgs) 55. 

EPYX Art & Film Director (IIgs) 55. 

Printmagic (AP or C+) 34. 

Create-A-Calendar 21 . 
Lynx Computer 

Supergraphix 256 (Hgs) Special 69. 

Roger Wagner Graphic Exchange (Hgs) 35. 

So What Software Iconix (lies) 35. 
Springboard 

Certificate Maker Library #1 1 9. 

Springboard Publisher 2.0 (He or IIgs) 84. 

Certificate Maker or Newsroom 26. 

Fonts For Springboard Publisher (IIgs) 1 9. 

Newsroom Clip Art Collection Vol. 1 , 2 or 3 14. 
Thunderware 

Thunderscan Apple (Hgs, He, & He) 1 59. 




Zip Chip 

by Zip Technology 

Speed up your Apple II, lie, He, 
Laser 128 and Franklin Computers. 
The Zip Chip from Zip Technology is 
an original new state of the art micro- 
processor that lets you speed through 
your classroom or office work now up 
to 4-8 times faster. Your Zip Chip order 
includes a free diagnostic/utility disk- 
ette with two memory testers and a 
Zip configuration program. 



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Sider D2 20M HHD 

by First Class Peripherals 

The Sider D2 20 Megabyte Hard 
Disk Drive is a reliable, affordable 
mass storage solution for Apple lie 
and IIgs owners. Shipped with all 
cards, cables and accessories re- 
quired to operate, this drive supports 
four operating systems (ProDos, Dos 
3.3, CP/M and Apple Pascal). In- 
cludes diagnostics package, 1 year 
warranty (parts and labor) and tech 
support $499. 



ACCESSORIES 



Advanced Gravis MouseStick ADB (IIgs) 69. 

Apple Computer Apple Mouse He 1 25. 

Apple Mouse He 85. 

Applied Engineering TimeMaster II H.O. 79. 

Conserver (IIgs) 99. 

Sonic Blaster (IIgs) 109. 

IBM Style Keyboard 115. 

Audio Animator (IIgs) 1 85. 

Big Red Computer Labels, Labels, Labels 29. 

CH Products Hayes Flight Stick 52. 

Hayes Mach III Joystick 36. 

Hayes Mach IV Plus Quad or ADB 65. 
Mirage Quad or ADB 

(Turns joystick into mouse) 39. 
Cutting Edge 

EADB-105 Extended Keyboard 

w/Macromate (IIgs) 1 49. 

Digital Vision Computer Eyes HE 109. 

Computer Eyes GS 209. 

Ergotron Mouse Cleaner 360° (IIgs) 1 5. 

Epyx Epyx 500XJ Joystick 27. 
Kalmar 

Teakwood Rolltop Disk Case (Holds 50) 1 8. 

Kensington Mouse Pocket (Reg. or ADB) 8. 

Mouseway (Mousepad) 8. 
Apple He, He or IIgs Dust Cover 

or Imagewriter I or II Cover 9. 

Apple Security System 34. 

Printer Muffler 80 43. 

Printer Muffler 132 58. 



AntiGlare Filter IIgs 39. 

System Saver (Platinum or Beige) 69. 

System Saver (IIgs) 75. 

New Turbo Mouse (Reg. or ADB) 1 1 9. 

Kraft Universal 3 Button Joystick (He or He) 34. 
Koala Technologies 

Koala Pad Plus w/Graphics Exhibitor 84. 

Kurta IS ADB Tablet w/stylus (IIgs) 299. 
Lynx Computer Turbo Trackball (He or IIgs) 65. 

MDIdeas Digitizer Professional (IIgs) 129. 

SuperSonic (Stereo Card for IIgs) 49. 

SuperSonic Digitizer (IIgs) 49. 

Mouse Systems A+ Mouse (He) 65. 

A+ ADB Mouse (IIgs) 85. 

MousTrak MousePad 7"x 9" Size 8. 

MousePad9"x11"Size 9. 

MousePad L/F (Low Friction) 9. 
Passport Designs 

MIDI Interface w/Drum Sync (AP & IIgs) 89. 
MIDI Interface w/Tape & Drum 

Sync (AP & IIgs) 135. 
Ribbons 

Available colors: black, blue, brown, green, 
orange, purple, red, yellow, silver or gold 

ImageWriter Ribbon-Color 4. 

ImageWriter Ribbon-Black six pack 20. 

ImageWriter II - 4 Color Ribbon 9. 

ImageWriter Rainbow Pk. (6 Colors) 20. 

Street Electronics Echo HB (AP & IIgs) 1 09. 

Echo IIC (He & llc+) 129. 



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TransWarp GS 

by Applied Engineering 

The easy to install accelerator for the 
Apple IIgs. Completely compatible with 
all standard software and hardware. 
More than twice as fast — that's com- 
puting at warp speed. TransWarp G$ 
has been extensively tested. Speed 
adjustable from Classic Desk Acces- 
sories control panel. Choose between 
normal, fast and transwarp speed. De- 
signed for slot 3 or 4 without overriding 
slot function. Made in the USA. 



3W Blank Diskettes 

BASF 3'/2" DS/DD (box of 10) 15. 

Bulk (Sony) 3V 2 " DS/DD (box of 10) 1 6. 

Centech 3'/2" DS/DD Color Disks (box of 10) 1 9. 

Sony 3.5" DS/DD (box of 10) 16. 



Maxell 3.5" DS/DD (box of 10) 17. 

Verbatim DS/DD (box of 10) 17. 

3M 3.5" DS/DD (box of 10) 20. 

C Itoh 3.5" DS/DD Color Disks (box of 10) 25. 



PRINTERS 



249. 



Brother M-1109AP (ImageWriter Comp.) 
Laser Computer, Inc. 

Laser 190A w/Serial Interface 
Panasonic 

KXP-1180I/M2 (792 cpsj NLQ Mode 199. 



239. 



KXP-1 1 91 1 /M2 (240 cps) NLQ Mode 
KXP-10921 (240 cps) NLQ Mode 
Seikosha 
Seikosha SP1000 
(Imagewriter Compatible) 



269. 
349. 



235. 




Supergraphix 256 & Music 
by LYNX Computer 

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At a Glance 



Instant Synthesizer (September 
1989. p. 28, by Sharon Webb), Elec- 
tronic Arts, 1820 Gateway Drive, San 
Mateo, CA 94404. (4153 571-7171; 
7B8K Apple lies; $79.95 
Rating: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 

Instant Synthesizer will tweak your 
Ensoniq chip as it's never been tweaked 
before. If your computer's hooked up to 
a set of amplified stereo speakers, you'll 
be amazed at the sound quality. 

The main screen consists of two parts 
divided by a piano-keyboard panel. At the 
top is the Song Machine where you load 
and play songs, fills, and instruments 
with a click of the mouse. You can also 
control the tempo or trigger assorted 
fills to flesh out a song. By clicking on the 
transposition arrows at either side of 
the keyboard display, you can adjust the 
pitch up or down an octave at a time. 
Clicking on a note sounds whatever voice 
you have highlighted above. 

Taken for what it is— an adjunct to 
EA's Instant Music— Instant Synthe- 
sizer is an excellent program that can 
instruct, entertain, and show off your 
GS. But if you were hoping to hear your 
GS join in with your bank of MIDI synthe- 
sizers to play your sequenced composi- 
tions, you'll have to look elsewhere. 

The Perfect Career (September 1989, 
p. 41, by Carol Holzberg), Mindscape, 
3444 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 
60062. (800) 221-9884, (800) 942- 
7315 (IL); 128K Apple lie, lie. lies; 
$39.95 

Rating: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 

The Perfect Career offers personal- 
ized assistance in your search for a new 
occupation— asking questions, analyz- 
ing answers, and providing vocational 
guidance. The program functions as a 
desktop counselor, helping determine 
career options best suited to your indi- 
vidual interests and talents. It can ad- 
vise students with little or no work ex- 
perience, or guide skilled adults as they 
explore career changes or re-enter the 
job market. 

Continued 



It! lets you position the main title on the top 
or bottom, and enter labels on both X- and 
Y-axes. 

While the program scales your graphs 
automatically, Graph It! also provides a 
"normalized" scale. This feature plots the 
smallest figure as a zero, then subtracts the 
original amount from all other values. In es- 
sence, this gives your lowest figure a zero 
value, then relates all other numbers to that 
point. A normalized scale is especially useful 
when all your figures are so close in value 
they'd plot at about the same point on a 
standard scale. 

On-line help is always available in Graph 
It!. The manual also offers good advice on 
choosing a type of chart to use for some specific 
type of information, as well as a useful glossary 
of terms. 

ALL'S NOT PERFECT 

Entering data into the Graph It! worksheet 
can be a bit awkward, especially if you're ac- 
customed to working with a regular spread- 
sheet. Rather than moving your cursor to a 
cell and simply entering your data, you must 
first click on the cell, type in your number, 
then press Return to let Graph It! know you're 
done. Only then can you move to the next 
cell. Also, the program can't print the data you 
create in its worksheets. 

The biggest problem I have with Graph It!, 
though, is that it uses exponential notation to 
display your figures. The manual says it's an 
"arithmetic shorthand used to handle very big 
and very small numbers with as few digits as 
possible." Exponential notation moves the dec- 
imal point, so you're working with a smaller 
whole number. It then indicates how far you'd 
have to shift the decimal point with a number 
following a small e. Whole numbers do display 
with fewer digits— 12,000 shows as 12.e3, and 
30,400 shows as 30.4e3, for instance. But the 
number 1001 displays as 1.001e.3, and 8888 
shows as 8.888e3— hardly a space-saving 
technique. I'm sorry, Graph It!, but I can't 
share your enthusiasm for this distracting and 
unnecessary way of displaying information. 

He charts appear as egg charts, but the 
manual advises that Graph It! "does this 
intentionally so that a correct circle will be 
created when printed." I'm not convinced 
that's accurate, because other programs can 
display a round pie chart, Also, I tried a num- 
ber of variations in my printouts, including 
rotated and double-height images, and the pie 



charts I created with Graph It! still came out 
a little egg-shaped. 

GOOD VALUE? 

Graph It! is indeed a workable, easy-to-use 
system that can create a great variety of charts 
from your business numbers. The program is 
easy to learn, and the manual is interesting 
and well written. Graph It! draws pictures 
quickly on your screen, and its ability to import 
information from AppleWorks and other pack- 
ages is a major plus. The program's 3-D charts 
are more than unusual— they provide a par- 
ticularly graphic way to look at information. 

Like any other software package, Graph It! 
has its own way of doing things. I'd like to see 
it eliminate exponential notation and convert 
to numbers you can readily understand. Data 
entry could be speeded up, too; the process 
is cumbersome without a mouse. On the 
whole, however, Graph It!'s a good value— it 
oners a flexible way to examine your data and 
understand just what all those figures mean. 
Gregory Glau 
Prescott, AZ 



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At a Glance 



Continued 

Working through The Perfect Career is 
merely the first step in making employ- 
ment decisions, though. The software is 
set up to help you identify careers of in- 
terest, offer employment suggestions, 
and develop a plan for reaching your ca- 
reer goal. 

Used in conjunction with the supple- 
mental guidance exercises in the man- 
ual, you'll be able to conduct an informed 
career search. 

The Perfect Career won't offer you 
blind advice. It produces a list of prom- 
ising career goals by analyzing the in- 
terest and ability ratings you obtain 
through the program's inventory 
modules. 

Flodd, the Bad Guy [September 1989, 
p. 38, by Jeanne Dietsch), Tom Snyder 
Productions, 90 Sherman St., Cam- 
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128K Apple lie, He. lies; $34.95 
Rating: ♦ ♦ ♦ 

The concept behind TSP's Reading 
Magic Library is simple— you and your 
child read a story together. The primary 
differences between this computerized 
story and a book are that the pictures 
are animated, your child is addressed by 
name, and you and your child can select 
a variety of ways to reach the story's 
climax. 

When the story begins, all's well in the 
kingdom of Alex and his dog, Ollie. Then 
Flodd, the Bad Guy, comes to town and 
empties the water tower. The king and 
Ollie use magic wishes and their own in- 
genuity to refill the tower and circum- 
vent Flodd's other nasty tricks. 

The plot, characterization, pacing, 
prose, and artwork are similar to those 
of the average children's book. Flodd, 
the Bad Guy is an excellent story for 
preschoolers. 

Like any good book, sharing it with 
your child will help prepare him or her to 
read. Parents who don't mind paying 
more for this storybook will probably find 
their children delighted. 

Continued on p. 102 



Four activities, couched in a mystery motif, 
cover positive and negative numbers, frac- 
tions, decimals, percentage, interest, and pre- 
algebraic concepts. You can choose from four 
levels of difficulty in each of the four activities. 
Math Blaster Mystery is aimed at a somewhat 
higher age group than previous Davidson 
tides; it's suitable for grades 5-12, depending 
on the individual's mathematical ability. 

ONE STEP AT A TIME 

The program's first activity is Follow the 
Steps. Here Math Blaster stresses inductive 
reasoning through a series of 100 word prob- 
lems. Each entry follows a four-step strategy 
toward problem solving: determining the 
problem you're asked to find; the information 
you need to solve that problem; the correct 
mathematical expression; and the actual 
solution. 

Using a multiple-choice format, each word 
problem takes a youngster through the step- 
by-step process. More advanced students, 
however, can skip any of the first three steps. 

Follow the Steps illustrates one of the 
strengths of Davidson's software and why its 
products are so highly regarded. This activity 
not only drills students in math functions, but 
also teaches them to form a plan of attack— 
a methodology they can apply to similar 
problems. You can also create Math Blaster 
Mystery data disks with the Editor utility. 

Math Blaster Mystery's second activity, 
Weigh the Evidence, challenges students to 
move a set of weights from one scale to another 
to achieve a target sum. 

Weigh the Evidence emphasizes spatial 
relationships as well as advance planning. 
It starts out with four weights on one scale 
and a target sum shown at the top of the 
screen. Three of the four numbered weights 
will equal the desired total. Students must 
stack those in ascending order on one of the 
two remaining scales. 

Decipher the Code, Math Blaster's third 
activity, resembles the word game Hangman. 
Because of this similarity, encouraging stu- 
dents to think of Hangman will help them 
grasp both the mechanics and nuances of 
Decipher the Code. 

A row of boxes appears at the bottom of the 
screen, some of them containing mathematical 
operators ( + ,-,*,/,=). Students place num- 
bers in the remaining boxes to create an equa- 
tion. A second row will then appear above the 
first. Unused numbers turn black, correct 



numbers in the proper spot remain the same, 
and correct numbers in the wrong location 
remain white. 

The student continues to fill in boxes with 
numbers, basing his or her choices on the clues 
given in the previous row. When the correct 
equation is completed, the game round is over. 

Decipher the Code introduces deductive 
reasoning and teaches students how to form 
a hypothesis and test it. Difficulty levels in- 
crease the game's complexity by providing 
more operatives and offering fewer clues. 

The final segment of Math Blaster Mystery 
is Search for Clues. From a pure-enjoyment 
point of view, this activity is tops, thanks largely 
to graphics featured in the game play. 

Search for Clues is a guess-the-number 
game. The screen displays a series of Victorian 
rooms, filled with people and furniture. With 
the mouse or keyboard, students select an 
object or person, which becomes animated and 
displays a clue. 

The clue will be something like N is divisible 
by 5 or N is larger than 39. After the program 
provides each clue, it asks the player to guess 
the number. Obviously, the sooner you guess 
the number correctly, the more points you'll 
score. Search for Clues reinforces logical 
thinking and calls on knowledge of math facts 
and terminology while also subdy stressing 
inference and "educated guessing." 

The last three activities in Math Blaster 
Mystery don't include an editor for designing 
your own problems. Through the use of ran- 
domizing, the program consistendy generates 
an infinite number of problems, however. 

HAVE A CLUE 

Math Blaster Mystery includes all the bells 
and whisdes you'd expect in an educational 
"game." An animated detective appears at the 
end of each correctly solved problem to pro- 
vide positive reinforcement. 

The program also tracks the number of 
problems attempted and solved at each diffi- 
culty level and "promotes" students from 
Computation Cadet to Chief Problem Solver 
(with intermediate levels on the way); a 
scoreboard appears at the end of each activity, 
displaying scores and progress. 

Other features that enhance Math Blaster 
Mystery are its ability to print problems and 
certificates and a built-in calculator to help 
with computation. 

Math Blaster Mystery lets you print all word 
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your IIGS was born with. Take full control over 
MIDI compatible instruments, or record and 
play back digitized sounds with unsurpassed 
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Record sounds from your own 
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and analyze inputted data. The 
zoom function permits you to "see" 
what your recording looks like in a 
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Audio Animator even has an on-board 
Analog to Digital converter to sample at an ex- 
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With it, you'll obtain Jar higher levels of fidelity 
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Play back on your own speakers 

The Audio Animator includes input/output 
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ways: in their entirety with all steps and correct 
answers provided; alone without the four 
steps; or with the four steps but without the 
correct answers indicated (to allow for creating 
a printed test). 

Students can use the pop-up calculator dur- 
ing any of the four activities. Doing so opens 
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Kids can't transfer their calculations to the 
main program, however, so they must remem- 
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window. If you like, you can disable the pop- 



up calculator during any activity. 

Math Blaster Mystery's challenging number 
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| ust when you thought the Apple II 
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Certificates and More! operates equally well 
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The package comes with two double-sided 
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borders, and fonts. A 3!/ 2 -inch single-disk 
version is also available (eliminates disk 
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Certificates and More! offers greater flexi- 
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For instance, to determine how far the cur- 
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You begin your creation by selecting one of 
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plate or a previously saved certificate file. The 
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practice, a blank bingo card, and a board 
game. There's also a checklist, a five-column 
chart, and a calendar. You can modify any 
template or previously saved certificate file 
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certificate. Refer to the manual for thumbnail 
sketches of the certificate templates. 

If you want to make a new certificate from 
scratch, you must decide whether you'll print 



the certificate horizontally or vertically. Cer- 
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as well, such as right and left page rotation 
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When it's time to print, you have several 
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design on screen; Scroll Page lets you view your 
creation in full scale, using the arrow keys to 

Continued on p. 1 00 



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Driving simulation; 
51 2K Apple llGS, joystick recommended; $44.95 

Rating: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 




*-hey call it 'The Duel" because unlike 
the first Test Drive, this game doesn't 
leave you all alone. I'm not talking 
about the highway traffic you'll zoom past at 
140 miles per hour, or even the cops who'll 
try their best to catch you. I'm talking about 
the car you're trying to beat across the finish 
line (or to the gas station, as the case may be). 

You race against another car driven by a 
human or computer-controlled opponent. 



(You can also take the easy way out and race 
against the clock— but you'll miss the 
competition.) 

Pick the Ferrari F-40 and race against the 
Porsche 959— or vice versa. You can even race 
against the same car driven by someone else— 
a true test of your driving prowess. Either way 
you'll have to pound on the gas pedal, keep 
your hands tight on the wheel, and glue your 
eyes to the road. 



You could almost consider The Duel a flight 
simulation. That's how fast things move when 
you're at the controls of one of these ultra- 
high-performance sports cars. 

Everything's been improved since the first 
version— the graphics, sound effects, music, 
speed of play, responsiveness, and variety of 
scenery. (Accolade has also simultaneously re- 
leased The Supercars, which gives you five 
additional rocket sleds from which to choose, 
and California Challenge, which 
takes you on a seven-leg journey 
down the California coast.) 

The driving experience in The 
Duel is amazing. As you scream 
down the highway, trees and road 
signs whip by your window in a 
blur; cars you pass disappear in 
your rear-view mirror in a heart- 
beat; and— most satisfying of ail- 
when the police start chasing you, 
you can just stomp on the acceler- 
ator and wave goodbye in a flash. 

You'll find yourself leaning in your chair as 
you fly through high-speed corners. You'll 
blaze down desert highways, twisting moun- 
tain roads, and through cavernous tunnels. 

When you finally come to a stop at the gas 
stations along the way, you'll get a score sheet 
showing how you did in the last leg and how 
you've done overall. 

I'll admit it— I went into the side of the 
mountain and over the cliff more times than 
I care to remember. It's a good thing I really 
don't have a $200,000 car to play with. I'd be 
extremely hazardous to my own health (not 
to mention the health of anyone within a 50- 
mile radius). 

Until I write a few best-sellers, I'll content 
myself by taking one of the cars in The Duel 
out for spin. That's enough of a hair-raising 
experience for now. 
Lafe Low 

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This month we introduce the "Tip 
Sheet" section of inCider's new and im- 
proved Game Room entertainment re- 
view section. If you're trapped, mys- 
tified, or stuck, look here for help. On the 
other hand, if you've found a trap door, 
shortcut, or any other helpful hint for 
getting through a game, let us know and 
we'll print it here in Tip Sheet. 

James Hockenberry of Carlisle, Penn- 
sylvania, has a hint for getting through 
level 12 of the arcade action game 
Warlock, from 360 Pacific. He just 
blazed right ahead, shooting at the wiz- 
ard repeatedly and jumping over the fire- 
balls he shoots off. When you can't go 
any further forward, wait until he pokes 
his head out again and let him have it. It 
takes precise timing, but according to 
James, you should be able to hit him. 

Chris Spencer of Fort Worth, Texas, 
has a trick for getting by the dragon in 
the first level of Activis ion's Last Ninja: 
Go to the far left-hand corner of the 
screen, throw a smoke bomb, then hurry 
past the dragon. That ought to help out 
all of you who, like me, were stuck on that 
first level, unable to get past the dragon 
without getting barbecued. 

We've got a hint for the game Aliens, 
also from Activision, if you're playing 
Ripley. You know the sequence when 
she's running through that twisted 
maze of corridors in an attempt to find 
Newt? When you run through the hive of 
alien eggs, scoot over to the left and 
you'll go through a trap door into the cor- 
ridor where Newt's being held. Be ready 
with your blaster, though— you won't be 
able to back up if there are any hungry 
aliens waiting on the other side. Once 
you've found Newt and are trying to bring 
her back, only to be thwarted by the 
queen alien, try moving over to the left, 
shooting a few rounds, and dashing by 
when the queen alien moves. 

Remember, if you have a tip or hint 
you'd like to share with all the other 
game players out there, send it along to 
Tip Sheet, c/o inCider, 80 Elm Street, 
Peterborough, NH 03458. ThanksO 

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Data East, 
1850 Little Orchard Street, San Jose, 
CA 95125, (4081 286-7080 

Fantasy role-playing adventure; 
128K Apple He, lie, IIgs; joystick 
required; $34.95 

Rating: ♦ ♦ 

f§| re you "bad" enough to save the 
§11 President? Do you have what it takes 
~ "it to beat countless numbers of ninja 
henchmen, vicious dogs, and samurai war- 
riors? Data East thinks Bad Dudes is the chal- 
lenge you've been looking for. 

You've been called on to rescue the Presi- 
dent, who has been kidnapped by the Dragon 
Ninja and will soon be flown out of the country. 
To save him, you'll have to fight your way 
through hordes of villians with your bare 
hands and whatever weapons you find along 
the way. There are seven levels to work 
through— the city, the big rig, the sewer, the 
forest, the freight train, the cave, and finally 
the factory. At the end of each level, you'll have 
to fight a super warrior. 

Graphics screens are rather weak here; char- 
acters are small and their features hard to dis- 
tinguish. The weapons you'll pick up all look 
similar, so it's hard to tell what you've taken. 
The backgrounds are well drawn, but the char- 
acters are more important. Use a color screen 
—monochrome will just make things worse. 

Animation is lacking; characters slide along 
rather than walk or run. When you jump, you 
hang in the air for a few seconds— just enough 
time for your opponents to surround you 
when you land. When you finally get to hit 
someone, you can often strike an opponent 
who should be out of reach, but miss someone 
nearby. You'll die early and often in this 
game.D 
Tim Moore 
Metairie, LA 



Short Takes 



Crystal Quest (September 1989, p. 
98, by Lafe Low), Casady & Greene, P.O. 
Box 223779, Carmel, CA 93922, (4083 
624-8716; 51 2K Apple IIgs; $49.95 
Rating:* ♦ ♦ ♦ 

It's an intensely addicting arcade 
game— that may be a frequently abused 
cliche', but it describes Crystal Quest 
perfectly. Crisp graphics and sounds you 
won't hear anywhere else keep you com- 
ing back. We bet you can't play just one 
game. 

Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas (Septem- 
ber 1989, p. 98, by Lafe Low), Mind- 
scape, 3444 Dundee Road, Northbrook, 
IL 60062, (312) 480-7667; 768K Ap- 
ple IIgs, ROM version 01 or higher, sys- 
tem disk version 3.2 or higher; $49.95 
Rating ♦ ♦ 

The sequel to Deja Vu starts you off 
equally clueless, only this time you're in 
Las Vegas and you owe the mob 100 
grand. Good luck finding your way 
around— you'll need it. At least you'll en- 
joy the scenery, though, even if you can't 
get the mob off your back. 

Impossible Mission II (September 
1989, p. 100, by Joe Abernathy), Epyx, 
P.O. Box 8020, 600 Galveston Drive, 
Redwood City, CA 94063, (415) 366- 
0606; 51 2K Apple IIgs; $19.95 
Rating ♦ ♦ ♦ 

Impossible Mission II includes a great 
combination of arcade-style action and 
strategy with clean stereo sound and 
fluid animation. This is a nice change 
from straight shoot-'em-ups— you have 
to use your wits and your reflexes. 



Correction 

In our September column Cpp. 98-1001 
each game we played somehow lost a 
star along the way. Correct ratings are 
four stars for Crystal Quest, three 
for Deja Vu II, and four for Impossible 
Mission II. 



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the Apple II expansion 
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Now your Apple II can run over 
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With PC Transporter, MS-DOS pro- 
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With PC Transporter, MS-DOS pro- 
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You can use your He or IIGS 
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You can use your Apple mouse. Or 
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Plenty of power. 

PC Transporter gives you 640K of 
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PC Transporter works like an Apple 
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PC Transporter taps into the world's largest 
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Where the 



By CYNTHIA E. FIELD, Ph.D. 




AEDEKER'S GOT NOTHING ON YOUR 
Apple II. Whether you're livening up ge- 
ography lessons or dreaming of your next 
vacation, at least two dozen software programs 
offer you the opportunity not only to u visit" 
near or distant lands, but to appreciate their 
respective cultures, as well. A variety of for- 
mats, storylines, and settings will have you 
chasing crooks across Africa one day and 
talking to Bogie the next; then it's on to a 
diplomatic crisis in Asia or a comparison of populations and resources 
among allies and adversaries in Europe. Tobago, Tunisia, Tampico, 
Tashkent— countries you've read about, cities you've wondered 
about, places you've never even heard of before— all come alive on 
your screen. 

The undisputed 'grandmommy" of geographic 
simulation programs is probably Broderbund's 
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, a play- 
ful adventure game that will keep you happily 
sleuthing for hours on end. (See the accompanying 
product-comparison Table to determine each pro- 
gram's hardware requirements.) 

Carmen and her V.I.L.E. (Villains' International 
League of Evil) gang display a penchant for lifting 



Eddie B can slip right through your fingers before you know it. 

The special GS version of Where in the World plays the same way, 
but the program's graphics and sound effects are superior, as you 
might expect. Use the mouse to click on icons and to pull down 
menus-such as Dossiers, which accesses each suspect's mug shot 
and rap sheet. 

Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego? and Where in Europe 
Is Carmen Sandiego? are less global in scope. The domestic game 
features more than 1500 clues and 16 suspects, including "lobster- 
man and safe cracker" Titus Canby. The program comes with a copy 
of Fodofs USA travel guide. The European game covers 34 nations, 
introduces a whole new slew of suspects (including Chips Mother- 
board, who "tapped his grandmother's hearing aid when he was 
six"), and packs the Rand McNally Concise Atlas of Europe. 



Go first class on a shoestring— around the globe with 
geography software, For armchair travelers and accidental 
tourists, students and amateur explorers, your peripatetic 
Apple IPs your passport to new frontiers. 



national "treasures"— such as the Abominable 

Snowman from Kathmandu. Log in at the Acme 

Detective Agency, accept your assignment, and catch the thief within 

the time limit listed. A string of successful captures guarantees you 

a promotion up the ranks. 

The program's factual information helps you learn more about 
each city you visit in pursuit of the perpetrator. While there, solicit 
clues from the likes of hoteliers, waiters, sports-club managers, and 
airport personnel. Tips are purposely cryptic: A library archivist, 
for example, may offer, "He checked out all books about Sikh 
temples." To pinpoint the thief s destination, dig deep into the World 
Almanac and Rook of Facts, a handy everyday reference work that 
accompanies the program. 

Other information you glean, such as a crook's penchant for 
mountain climbing, gives you insight into his or her personality. 
The program manual incorporates a printed dossier on card- 
carrying V.I.L.E. members like Merey LaRoc, the free-lance aerobic 
dancer. When you think you've correctly deduced the thief s identity, 
work the Interpol Crime Computer to obtain a search warrant. 
Be quick— if an investigation takes too long, slick guys like Fast 

48 ♦ inCider October 1989 



Sleuths in hot pursuit of a more historical perspective should spy 
Broderbund's newest release, Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, 
said to "bring history to life" via its focus on events that occurred 
during the period from 400 A.D. to the 1950s. According to a 
Broderbund informant, who says the program should be ready by 
the time you read this, Carmen's gang will be stealing, among other 
treasures, the Magna Carta and Queen Isabellas jewels. (See "History 
Mystery" in this month's What's New, p. 21.) 

If low-budget travel is your aim, The Spy's Adventures series from 
Polarware is your ticket to entertainment. Each randomly generated 
game in The Spy's Adventures in Europe, The Spy's Adventures 
in North America, and The Spy's Adventures in South America 
pits you against Dr. Xavier Tortion, internationally infamous jewel 
smuggler. Finding Dr. X isn't easy: Both time and money— appro- 
priately converted to native currency in each land— are limited. 

As Agent H20, you select the country (among the 29 featured in 
the European program, for instance) where you'll begin your search. 
The Spy's Adventures boast full-screen graphics scenes. W T hen you 




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inCider October 1989*49 




arrive in Paris, for example, the script below the Parisian cityscape 
reads, "Paris is the busy and famous capital of France. You can see 
the Eiffel Tower, built in 1889 for Paris 1 World's Fair." 

Investigative efforts may sometimes prove fruitless. That's not to 
say humorless, however. If you're tempted to sample wine during 
your travels, for instance, don't be surprised when the vintner warns, 
"Better not— you have to stay alert in the spy business." 

When least expected, informants pop up and offer you the chance 
to barter jewels you've purchased along the way for letter clues 
befitting TV's Wheel of Fortune. If a completed clue reads "BLUE 
MOSQUE " for instance, you'll know that Dr. X is in Turkey-or at 
least you will with practice. 



" Jet-setting Apple II enthusiasts really do have the world at 
their fingertips! Geography software sparks a lifelong interest 
in foreign lands, distant peoples, and different ways 
of life around the world" 



The Spy's Adventures add yet another twist: You can play alone 
or with fellow spies— either cooperatively in a network or compet- 
itively as spy against spy. 



un and games aside, if you prefer more re- 
alistic simulations, be sure to pack Blue Lion 
Software's Ticket to London, Ticket to Pins, 
Ticket to Spain, Ticket to Washington, DC, 
and Ticket to HoUywood in your electronic 
carry-on bag. Maps, screen displays, and 
storylines vary in each Ticket program, but 
the underlying raison-d'etre remains the 
same: to impart an appreciation for geog- 
raphy, history, culture, and language. 
In Ticket to London your objective is to obtain the plane ticket 
you need to return to the United States. As you traverse the byways 
of London, bobbies and taxi drivers are sure to quiz you on English 




history, food, politics, and colloquialisms. Select appropriate re- 
sponses from the multiple-choice "mouth bubbles" in screen dialogs. 
Answer adequately and receive a hint about where to find, of all 
things, a bowler hat! 

When you track down the hat, it provides you with a factual clue 
pertaining to a famous English person. Piece together the clues, 
return to Victoria Station, and type the mystery person's name. 
You'll soon be winging your way home to the States! 

Ticket programs track your status in time, physical well-being, 
and money. In London, it seems to rain a lot in May; you don't 
have any time to waste recuperating in your hotel room! 
Watch your pounds (in both senses of the word): Eating at Simp- 
son's really costs, but meals at the Dickens Inn are 
more reasonably priced. As the days pass, there'll 
be books to buy and theatre tickets to purchase, so 
conserve funds by choosing your mode of trans- 
portation wisely. 

Ticket to P&ris and Ticket to Spain add even 
more international flair to simulated journeys-you 
can play in French and Spanish, respectively. Be- 
fore they give you the clues you need to find your 
errant cousin (Paris) or your family's heirloom 
_ „ _ S (Spam), hoteliers, travel agents, and natives will ask 
you to converse in their language or to translate 
phrases. In Ticket to Paris use the on-line dictionary; in Ticket to 
Spain, refer to the phrase book included in the box. 

Ticket to Washington brings your exploits a Me closer to home. 
Study the program's seven maps and visit some four dozen places 
in the capital to gather clues about the identity of a famous American. 

Meanwhile. . .on the West Coast Ticket to Hollywood has you 
traveling around Tinsel Town in search of the clues you need to 
identify a mystery film star. Answer questions posed by the Movie 
Madame and follow leads you discover in the tabloids. Ticket to 
Hollywood sports six maps with about three dozen locations and 
more than 2000 facts pertaining to 80 years of film history. 

Another Blue Lion program, RSVP, serves as a unique store of 
information about world customs, etiquette, and propriety. Use 
RSVP for drill-and-practice in decorum, or play a simulation. 

Select a career in politics, the arts, publishing, or another field. 
Work your way to the top by choosing the most diplomatic course 
of action in the situations presented. Ironically, some of the negative 
feedback the program gives seems to be more snide than helpful 



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You'll practice your French when 
you buy a Ticket to Paris. 




You'll travel to many 
an ancient Iberian 
city in your hunt for 
a family heirloom in 
Ticket to Spain. 



Map of the United States, the detailed, wall-sized map that comes with 
the program. 

A standard See the U.SA game is played against an imaginary 
clock, but you can elect to set no deadline. Upon reaching a desti- 
nation, you're entertained with one of 100 full-screen paintings 
depicting scenes characteristic of the state. 

See the U.SA offers an editing utility for creating quiz-question 
files. Students select from these files when they choose the Quiz 
Game option from the main menu. A sample disk includes questions 
on topics such as Famous Places, State Flowers, and State Mottps. 

What if seeing the U.S A in super-hi-res is more your style? Take 
Orange Cherry's Global Express Adas: The United States for a test 
flight. In this simulation, you're a Global Express jet pilot delivering 
cargo from New York City to various destinations. 

State maps are as stunning in appearance as you might expect 
from this GS-specific program. Pull down the Information menu to 
determine a destination state's capital city, to activate the route your 
jet will take, or to open the Tourist Data information window. Click 



\ 



PRODUCT 


MEMORY 


! FORMAT 


AGES 


Atlas Explorer 


128K 


5/ 4 or 3'/, 


8-18 


GeoWorld 


64K 


5/4 


10-18 


Global Express Atlas: The United States 


512K GS 


3/3 


10-adult 


Global Express Atlas: The World 


512K GS 


314 


1 0-adult 


National inspirer 


64K 


5/4 or 3V 2 


10-18 


RSVP 


128K 


5/4 


14-adult 


See the U.SA 


64K 2 drives 




8-adult 




128K 1 drive 






Spy's Adventures in Europe 


64K 


5'/, 


8-adutt 


Spy's Adventures in North America 


64K 




8-adult 


Spy's Adventures in South America 


64K 


5K 


8-adult 


Ticket to Hollywood 


128K 


5/4 


14-adult ■ 


Ticket to London 


128K 


5/4 


10-adult 


Ticket to ftiris 


128K 


5/4 


12-adult 


Ticket to Spain 


128K 


5/4 


12-adult 


Ticket to Washington DC 


128K 


5/4 


10-adult 


Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? 


128K 


5/4 or 3/ 2 


9-14 


Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego? 


128K 


5/ 4 or 3K 2 


9-14 


Where in the Wbrid Is Carmen Sandiego? 


128K 


5/4 or 3!4 


9-14 


Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? GS 


51 2K GS 


3'4 


9-14 


World GeoGraph 


768K GS 


3/; 


12-adult 



.("Lost track of the fast track?"), but the program is a unique resource 
for rehearsing more than 700 situations in 17 categories and 18 
countries— without really stepping on anyone's toes. 




ack on home turf, Compu-Teach's "traveling 
game " See the U.SA, provides a wealth of 
opportunities for children to become famil- 
iar with the relative locations of the 50 states 
and their capitals. 

In Practice mode, move the cursor from 
state to state on the hi-res map while the 
program displays the state's (or capital's) 
name. In Play States, try to complete a trip 
from Alaska, say, to Rhode Island by moving 



only through contiguous states. In Play Capitals, your trip progresses 
from city to city. In either case, See the U.SA charts your course 
on screen. If you get stuck on names, check Cram's Quick Reference 



inCider October 1989 • 51 





on choices in the Options menu to depart or to obtain ground 
clearance. 

In Global Express Atlas: The World it's international shipments- 
such as paintings to the United Kingdom or earthquake-relief sup- 
plies to Turkey— that you're delivering. To "qualify" for ground 
clearance, activate the Language Translator. Global Express calcu- 
lates the tariff on your cargo in units of local currency. 

No question about it: Global Express Atlas programs are attractive 
in their appearance and appealing in their sound effects (which 
include some digitized human speech). But instead of challenging 
you to navigate routes, plan your time, translate words, or calculate 
exchange rates, the programs fly on autopilot, resulting in a learning 
environment that's at once disarmingly handsome and distressingly 
shallow. 

Let's say you're a mouse potato who prefers to pursue geographic 
studies in a more traditional way. If so, investigate Sprin^oard's 
Atlas Explorer and MECC's World GeoGraph. 

Atlas Explorer features multiple layers of on-screen maps. Click 
on Europe on the world map to see an enlarged view of the continent. 
Click on the United Kingdom for a closeup of the region. Click on 
Scotland to zoom in on that country. 

Programmed in mousetext, the Atlas Explorer screen is black- 
and-white only and sports three pull-down menus: Apple, Play, and 
Review. The mouse is recommended, but keyboard alternates suffice. 

Adas Explorer's integrated database contains information com- 
piled from sources such as the 1988 Demographic Yearbook, published 
by the United Nations. To access a given country's record, select the 
Begin Tutorial option in the Play menu. Each country's profile 
includes its capital city, size, population, currency, and native 
languages. 

Quiz options let you test your memory and track your progress. 
The Review pull-down lets you go over questions you missed and 
retake quizzes. A Record Keeping utility lets teachers save student 
progress reports on data disks. 

Arguably the most sophisticated of the programs reviewed here, 
World GeoGraph is a "gotta-have" for any serious student of ge- 
ography or for any classroom equipped with an Apple IlGS. (See 
"Databases in Disguise," Field Trip, September 1989, p. 102, for 
details.) 

From the moment you double-dick on the globe icon at the 
GS/OS Finder screen, you can't help but be impressed with World 
GeoGraph's superiority, an opinion obviously shared by the Software 



Publishers Association, which recently honored the program with 
its Best Education Program award. 

World GeoGraph is an electronic atlas of super-hi-res, full-color 
maps enhanced by a 55-category interactive database. Use plain- 
English selection rules contained in dialogs to search and sort in- 
formation pertaining to the 177 nations included in the program's 
database. 

Zoom in for a closer look at a continent or a region, or select a 
theme map— climate, population, and so on. Display an individual 
country's Data Card, or expand your relative knowledge of nations 
by generating a Data Table. And at the click of the mouse, World 
GeoGraph can display selected tabular data in bar-graph form. 

Among World GeoGraph's most appealing features is its ability to 
print everything— raw data, tables, graphs, and full-color maps— for 
inclusion in research reports. 



O 



PRODUCT INFORMATION 



Alias Explorer 

Springboard Software 
7808 Creekridge Circle 
Minneapolis, MN 55435 
(800) 445-4780 
(612) 944-3915 
$49.95 

$100 tab pack (5 disks) 

GmWmM. $79.95 
$240 lab pack (10 disks) 



price undetermined 
at press time 
National hnparer. $69.95 
$140 lab pack (5 disks) 
Tom Snyder Productions 
90 Sherman St. 
Cambridge. MA 02140 
(800) 342-0236 
(617) 876-4433 

Global Express Adas: 
The United States, $49 
dobs! Express Adas: 
The World. $79 

Orange Cherry Software 
Box 390 

Pound Ridge, NY 10576 
(800) 672-6002 
(914) 7644104 
$125 both 



RSVP 

Ttcfcet to Hoftywood 

Ticket to London 

Ticket to Parte 

Ticket to Spain, $39.95 each 

Ticket to Washington, DC, $44.95 

Blue Lion Software 

90 Sherman St 

Cambridge, MA 02140 

(800) 333-0199 

(617) 876-2500 

See the U.SA 

Compu-Teach Inc. 

78 Olive St 

New Haven, CT 06511 

(800) 44-TEACH 

(203) 777-7738 

$49.95 

$99.95 classroom edition 
(5 sets) 



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lthough nearly all programs described so far 
are appropriate for home or school use, Tom 
Snyder Productions' National Inspirer and 
GeoWorld are intended specifically for the 
one-computer classroom. 

National Inspirer is one of those rare pro- 
grams that defies our proclivity to pigeon- 
hole things. Does National Inspirer teach 
geography? Resource economics? Team- 
work? Or all three, as groups of students 
work together planning multistate sweeps across the U.S.? 

Each team's goal is to collect assigned resources and commodities 
like copper or corn, gold or grain. Upping the ante, the program 
requires that each team's final move take it into a state with a specified 
population, area, or elevation. 







The Spy's Adventures 


Where in the USA Is Carmen 


in Europe 


SandlBgo? GS. $49.95 


The Spy's Adventures 


$59.95 school edition 


in North America 


(teacher's guide, backup disk) 


The Spy's Adventures 


$119.95 lab pack 


in South America 


(teacher's guide, 5 disks) 


Polarware Software 


Where in the World Is Carmen 


1055 Raramount Parkway 


Sandlego? ile/llc, $39.95 


Suite A 


$49.95 school edition 


Batavia, t 60510 


(teacher's guide, backup disk) 


(800) 323-0884 


$99.95 lab pack 


(312) 232-1984 


(teacher's guide, 5 disks) 


$17.95 each 


Broderbund Software 


17 faul Drive 


Where hi Europe 


San Rafael, CA 94903-2101 


Is Carmen Santiago? 
Where in Time 


(415) 492-3200 


Is Carmen Santfiega? 


World GeoGraph 


Where in the USA Is 


MECC 


Carmen Santiago? 


3490 Lexington Ave. North 


Where in the World 


St. Paul, MN 55126-8097 


Is Carmen Santiago? GS 


(612) 481-3500 


$44.95 each. 


$139 


$54.95 each school edition 




(teacher's guide, backup disk) 




$109.95 each lab pack 




(teacher's guide. 5 disks) 





Planning is key: Number of moves and time to execute them are 
limited. Chart your course strategically with the help of resource 
materials like the reproducible maps in the manual. 

According to Althea Kaemmer, TSFs director of marketing, the 
company plans to release International Inspirer, a world-geography 
version, by the time you read this. 

Now if you don't miss a beat seeing the words geography and igneous 
in the same sentence, you're the kind of teacher who should take a 
close look at GeoWorld. This "World Mineral Exploration" simu- 
lation—part of TSFS Living Database series— sends students on 
hypothetical geological expeditions in search of any of 15 mineral 
(or fossil fuel) resources, ranging from aluminum to zinc. 

Once again TSP ventures beyond "mere" geography. Evaluating 
simulated test results, interpreting charts and diagrams, and decid- 
ing optimum mine sites are among the skills your students can hope 
to acquire. Other skills— such as reading maps and keeping track 
of research budgets— seem to come to them as if by accident with 
programs like these. The result? Whether you integrate GeoWorld 
into your geography, earth-science, or social-studies class, your stu- 
dents can't help but be enriched by the experience. 



ou've got nearly two dozen "geography" pro- 
grams to choose from— jet-setting Apple II 
enthusiasts really do have the world at their 
fingertips! Abilene to Zanzibar, Abu Dhabi 
to Zagreb in a week, a day, or an hour: 
Nothing beats the experience of travel— at 
home or abroad— but if you can't get there 
from here just at the moment, boot up a 
program and dream. Let your kids in on the 
fun— geography software will almost un- 
doubtedly spark a lifelong interest in foreign lands, distant peoples, 
and different ways of life around the world. The next time Karl 
Maiden says, "Don't leave home without it," you may even be tempted 
to think he's referring to your Apple II. Bon voyage! □ 



Cynthia Field is a free-lance journalist. She's a contributing ed- 
itor AND THE AUTHOR OF PRESS ROOM, wClDERS COLUMN ON DESKTOP 
PUBLISHING, AND FIELD TRIP, OUR COLUMN ON EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE. 

Write to her at 60 Border Drive, Wakefield, RI 02879. Enclose a 

SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE D7 YOU'D LIKE A PERSONAL REPLY. 




inCkter October 1989 * 53 



ace the 




A symphony of hardware and software products for novices, students, and pros 
will help you turn your II into a rehearsal room or a recording studio. 
From baroque and the classics to jazz, pop, and rock, the sound of 
Apple music is garnering me reviews. 



BACK IN 1983 WHEN THE ALF MUSIC 
card for my Apple II arrived, I opened the 
package with trembling hands— this ALF 
synthesizer was going to turn my computer 
into an honest-to-God musical instrument. But 
anxious as I was to plug it in and hear it play, 

I took a few minutes to look at the manual, 
and on the first page I read this: 'The amazing 
thing about a Dancing Bear is not how well 
he dances; but that he can dance at all." 

But surely this was no dancing bear. Patched 
into my stereo system, the ALF filled the house 
with sound. It didn't matter at all that the 
card's square-wave synthesis made everything 
sound like an organ. This was state of the 
art— a giant step over the Apple II's humble 
musical beginnings. 

In the Apple IPs infancy all the so-called 
"music" there was came bundled with the 
machine: the Applesoft BASIC command PRINT CHR$(7), which made 
the tiny speaker emit a beep. With judicious loops and PEEKs and 
POKEs you could program siren sounds and bird warbles and, with 
patience, even a tune or two. But the amazing dancing bear was still 
clumsy at best. 

Time and technology have tamed the beast. Today the Apple lie and 

II Plus have learned exciting new tricks, and the GS with its superior 
sound can bring concert-quality music into your home. Through the 
magic of MIDI (an electronics standard known as musical-instrument 
digital interface) the Apple II has become a tool that lets professional 
musicians create original television and film sound tracks, and makes 
even weekend hobbyists sound terrific. 

So what's out there? What kind of hardware and software should you 




By Sharon Webb 



buy to get started in music? Well, that depends 
on what you want to do. Do you own a MIDI 
synthesizer? Are you a music teacher or a 
composer? Maybe you're a beginner hoping 
to learn to read music and play a few tunes. 
Or maybe you'd just like an impressive show- 
case for your Apple. Whatever your goal, 
there's a program for you. 

Before we take a look at the hardware and 
software available, first a caveat for Apple IlGS 
owners: Although the majority of music pro- 
grams designed for the He and II Plus can 
run on the GS, they won't take advantage of 
the Ensoniq sound chip, and they won't display 
super-hi-res pictures. If you want to activate 
your GS' sound and graphics, you must run 
GS-specific programs. 

Now a warning: Sound files and music pro- 
grams may be hazardous to your RAM disk's 
health. It's not the software's fault; it's the way your GS handles sound 
data. Best bet is to disable your RAM disk before running music software. 

THE WELL-TEMPERED APPLE 

Although ALF no longer manufactures its music card, Applied 
Engineering has stepped into the breach with the Phasor board. De- 
signed for the Apple lie and II Plus, Phasor also runs on Apple 
compatibles and the GS. It looks and sounds much like the original 
ALF; in fact, ALF files, once converted to ProDOS, are compatible. But 
there's one big difference: Phasor comes with an on-board voice syn- 
thesizer, a sound-effects generator, and a 4-watt stereo amplifier. There's 
more: It can emulate the Mockingboard and Echo Plus. 

If you connect the card to your stereo receiver, as I did, and if you \ 



54 ♦ inGder October 1989 



Illustration * Greg Mackey 



care about your eardrums, be sure to follow 
AE's directions and set Phasor's audio output 
to minimum. This card is loud! The sophis- 
ticated program that comes with the board 
allows music entry in standard notation on the 
graphics screen. Stereo playback is accom- 
panied by animation that shows dynamics in 
changing colors. 

Want to start your computing day on the 
Starship Enterprise? Applied Engineering also 
offers Sonic Blaster, an exciting GS sound 
digitizer that lets you transfer sound effects or 
music from videotapes, compact discs, or any 
audio source. Digitized sounds play back 
through the Apple's Ensoniq chip— and 
they're terrific. (See Editors' Choice, May 
1989, p. 108, and Reviews, June 1989, p. 36.) 

You can use the files you create to generate 
startup sounds, and as instruments in a num- 
ber of music programs. Add an inexpensive 
microphone and you can record your own 
voice, or various clanging and clatterings to 
create sounds unique to your setup. Once you 
digitize a sound, you can edit it in a number 
of ways. Volume and rate of play are adjust- 
able, and you can loop sounds for continuous 
play, echo them, fade them, or play them back- 
wards. Another nice feature is the card's 
Append option, which lets you patch several files 
together seamlessly. By first opening a stereo file 
and then adding a monophonic voice file, Sonic 
Blaster can render the mono voice in pseudo 
stereo by routing it into two channels. 

Never a company to stand idly by, Applied 
Engineering is at it again. Watch for its new 
Audio Animator coming soon to your dealer. 

Sound Ace from Parallax is another great- 
sounding GS digitizer. (See Reviews, June 
1989, p. 36.) How great? When I booted the 
accompanying program, a disembodied voice 
said, "Hi there," with so much presence that 
I nearly jumped out of my skin. Less expen- 
sive than AE's entry, Sound Ace comes com- 
plete with a small microphone. The card is 
set up for direct line feed and also lets you 
record from tapes, compact discs, or synthe- 
sizers. A sound file's maximum length is eight 
seconds, but that's not as limiting as it may 
seem. Sound files eat up a lot of memory; in 
most applications, eight seconds is sufficient, 
because you can loop the files for continuous 
play. This easy-to-use software can add special 
effects to your sounds or mix two together 
for voice-overs; an auxiliary program makes 
creating startup sounds a snap. In case you 
want to hear your voice or your food proces- 
sor as a musical instrument, Sound Ace files 
are compatible with Mediagenic's GS 



program Music Studio (see below). 

You might want to try an inexpensive GS 
public-domain program to accompany your 
digitization. The Public Domain Exchange of- 
fers GS16, Sounds, StartSounds, & SysBeeps, 
a disk chock full of sounds and utilities for 
those who like to experiment. If you hate the 
"boing" your computer makes when you goof, 
you'll love this disk. Its SysBeep program lets 
you substitute a sound file for that annoying 
noise. In addition to a number of interesting 
digitized sounds on board, GS16 also contains 
StartPic and StartSound utilities, which let you 
begin your computing day with custom graph- 
ics and sounds. 

MUSIC LESSONS 

In general, music software falls into three 
categories: educational, hobbyist, and profes- 
sional, but you'll find a certain amount of 
overlap among them. Apple has always been 
a champion of education, and music education 
hasn't been slighted. If music theory is what 
you're after, MECC, a pioneer in computer 



Glossary 



oHojft 



MIDI— Musical-instrument digital 
interface, a protocol developed in 1984 
and still evolving. Think of MIDI as a mo- 
dem for music— it lets your computer 
communicate with one or more elec- 
tronic synthesizers. 
MIDI INTERFACE— MIDI board or box 
attached to your computer. Two cables 
plug into the interface: MIDI OUT sends 
directions to your synthesizer; MIDI 
IN receives information from your 
synthesizer. 

PATCH— Musical voice or sound played 
by a synthesizer. Also called a preset or 
program. 

QUANTIZE— Adjust the start time and 
length of musical notes so that the du- 
ration of each note of a given value— 
a quarter note, for example— is precisely 
the same as that of all other notes of the 
same value in the piece. Quantization is 
performed by a sequencer. 
SAMPLER— Electronic instrument 
using realistic sound originating from an 
audio source— compact disc, videotape, 
human voice, or live instrument played 
into microphone attached to sampler. 



education, offers an excellent course suitable 
for the older child or adult. Though not new, 
MECC's Music Theory for the Apple lie and 
II Plus (compatible with the GS) is as sound 
today as it ever was. Music Theory offers 18 
applications you can configure, from simple 
to difficult. Master these no-frills programs 
and you'll know a lot of music. 

In a similar vein, Coda's Music Class covers 
Fundamentals, Rhythm, Ear Training, Music 
Symbols, and Note Reading. Running on the 
entire Apple II line, the five programs can 
utilize the ALF music card or compatibles for 
enhanced sound. Coda's animated "Mr. Metro 
Gnome" will appeal to younger children, but 
Music Class is suitable for anyone interested 
in learning the basics. The programs are in- 
tended especially for the classroom. A man- 
agement system with password functions lets 
a teacher keep records for up to 125 students. 

If you want to introduce your preschoolers 
to music, Great Wave Software offers a pro- 
gram for the GS that will enchant them. 
KidsTime II features KidsNotes, an intro- 




The GS" Ensoniq chip is a sampler. 
SEQUENCE-Music file. 
SEQUENCER— Computer program that 
creates music files by receiving keypress 
information from a synthesizer— a word 
processor for music. Files created with a 
sequencer may be edited, saved, re- 
played, merged, and so on. 
SYNTHESIZER— Musical instrument, 
usually a keyboard, that creates sound 
electronically. A MO-equipped synthe- 
sizer has round MIDI ports on the back 
where the two cables coming from a 
MIDI interface can be attached. Only 
MIDI-equipped synthesizers can be con- 
trolled by computer. 
TRACKS and CHANNELS- System for 
routing MIDI data. MIDI has 1 6 chan- 
nels, each of which can lead to one or 
more synthesizers. A synthesizer set 
to receive on channel 1 can't receive in- 
formation sent to channel 9. Just as a 
highway may have many lanes, a MIDI 
channel may have multiple tracks. Each 
track can carry different information, 
but the destination of all tracks on a 
given channel is the same. □ — S.W, 



ductory music program with on-screen piano 
keyboard and notation area where you can 
enter a monophonic song. When you play the 
song back through the computer s Ensoniq 
chip, each note is highlighted on the screen 
keyboard as well as on the score. KidsTime 
also includes ABKey, a letter-recognition pro- 
gram offering musical rewards; version 2 adds 
Dot-to-Dot, a connect-the-dot puzzle. 

Similar to KidsTime in concept, Weekly 
Reader's highly commended Stickybear 
Music requires only 48K to run and is easy 
to use. Meant for children aged 7 and up, the 
program allows monophonic music entry in 
standard notation through a graphics inter- 
face with on-screen piano keyboard. You can 
save, edit, print, and play back your songs. A 
companion program, Stickybear Music 
Library 1, provides 39 additional songs, rang- 
ing from classics to folk tunes. 

Though not a music program, Pygraphics* 
Mr. Py and I, an electronic coloring book for 
the GS, includes a section featuring music terms 
and notation. Unfortunately, some of the musi- 
cal terms used— fermata, for example— are too 
advanced for the young children. Each coloring 
"book" can be displayed as a clever animated 
musical show. Though entertaining, the pro- 
gram would be educationally sounder if the 
music played back the notes displayed instead 
of a different tune. 

If you have a color monitor, The Notable 
Phantom for 5- to 10-year-olds turns music 
theory into an arcade game, complete with 
zapped spiders and ghosts. But that's not 
all— The Notable Phantom lets young users 
play and save original songs as well. Running 
on the Apple He, lie, and II Plus, the program 
comes with a cardboard overlay that turns 
your Apple's keyboard into a piano. 

For the older child, Music Shapes is a GS- 
specific program that creates short tunes by 
combining seven-note phrases into a series of 
"boxes." (See Reviews, June 1989, p. 40.) You 
can edit them, then play them back through 
the GS' music chip or an outside MIDI key- 
board if an interface is attached. This pro- 
gram's free-form experimental approach to 
music is unique, but its single-hi-res graphics, 
unusual interface, and distorted sounds may 
be disappointing if you're used to standard 
music programs and interfaces. 

Don't feel neglected if you're a guitar 
player. You won't hear a sound when you run 
Baudville's Guitar Wizard, though. That's not 
this program's purpose. Guitar Wizard is a 
nifty computerized scale and chord guide for 
the Apple He, Ik, and II Plus that analyzes » 





KidsTime II, Great Wave. 
Notable Phantom, Britannica. 



inCider October 1 989 • 57 




Instant Music, Electronic Arts. 
Instrument Designer, Pygraphics. 

58 ♦ inCider October 1989 



fingerings and chord patterns. 

The program is fast and the graphics screens 
are tops. If you want a chord book to suit your 
personal needs, you can dump screens to a 
printer. The documentation is quite good and 
includes a guitar-theory primer. 

ALL THAT JAZZ 

If you expect entertainment from your com- 
puter, welcome to the realm of hobbyist soft- 
ware. Although these programs include many 
professional features, they appeal to a broad 
spectrum of musical types— beginners to old 
hands— and their price tags are lower than 
those of professional programs. 

One of the first music-entry programs for 
the GS, Music Construction Set has become 
a classic. This package requires only 256K, the 
lowest for any GS-specific music program. 
MCS lets you enter sheet music or create your 
own compositions by choosing notation from 
the graphics screen. If you make a mistake, 
the program's editing functions will take care 
of it. Playback through the Ensoniq chip can 
sound up to 15 notes at a time from two 
different sampled instruments. 

To add to your enjoyment of it, you might 
like to hear what other people have done with 
MCS. The Public Domain Exchange's inex- 
pensive GS90 disk, Blowing in the Wind, fea- 
tures dozens of songs ranging from Beades 
tunes to classics, plus Christmas carols, show 
tunes, rock, and folk music. Just boot MCS, 
load the songs, and play. Swap instruments if 
you like or try a Me rearranging. GS90 has 
music enough to suit nearly every taste. 

You don't need a music program at all to 
sample PDE's GS64, Rock N Roll Gold, direct 
from France. Created with Music Studio, 
GS64 is a great-sounding music video on disk, 
complete with super-hi-res slide show. 

But beware— listening to it whets your ap- 
petite for Music Studio 2.0, another classic 
music-entry program. Although Music Studio 
includes a full complement of synthesized and 
sampled instruments that play back on the 
Ensoniq chip, it can also trigger your MIDI- 
equipped synthesizer. Click with the mouse or 
play your MIDI keyboard to enter music. 

You don't have to know one note from an- 
other to enjoy Electronic Arts' Instant Music. 
Boot your GS, shake your booty, and jam with 
your mouse. You'll play along with three other 
instruments in key and in the right rhythm— 
and you'll sound terrific. If you get tired of 
jamming, the program allows free-form ex- 
periments using a musical sketchpad that lets 
you try out new ideas. Create your own 



rhythms, design new drum patterns, try out 
polyrhythms and progressions, transpose, fid- 
dle with the tempo, change instruments in mid- 
stream. Doodle your initials and play them 
back. Then let the kids in on the fun for a 
wonderful unstructured introduction to music. 

If you own Instant Music you'll want to take 
a look at its companion program, Instant 
Synthesizer, which turns your GS into an in- 
strument designer. (See Editors' Choice, July 
1989, p. 108, and Reviews, September 1989, 
p. 28.) Play with the sounds provided or port 
in patches from Instant Music and echo or 
double them, change the envelope setting, add 
delays and stereo panning. If you have a MIDI 
interface, hook up your synth and try out the 
new sound you've created. Instant Synthesizer 
supports SMUS and ASIF files so that your 
Instant Music scores will play and you can edit 
the sounds as you go. 

Bill Basham's Diversi-Tune is truly unique. 
(See Editors' Choice, September 1988, p. 1 12.) 
It's an electronic multitrack tape recorder, a 
player piano, and an old-time movie singalong 
in one package. If you're a musician, you'll 
appreciate the MIDI sequencer. But don't ex- 
pect the program to quantize notes for you. 
You'll get your music back the way you played 
it— warts and all— performed on the pro- 
gram's sampled instruments, which include 
one of the most realistic pianos you'll ever hear. 
If you have MIDI keyboards, they can join in. 
You don't need to be a musician— you can 
listen to the songs and sing along with the 
bouncing ball and the on-screen lyrics. A click 
of the mouse changes the display to a player 
piano or an 88-note keyboard. 

"But I'm a singer," you say. "Isn't there a 
program for me?" You bet there is. Advanced 
Software's Sound, Song & Vision may be just 
what you're looking for if you have the hard- 
ware it requires. SSV for the 48K Apple He 
and II Plus converts voice input to MIDI data, 
which can trigger your synthesizer. Sing to 
your synth and it sings back. Using the cassette 
port on your computer, SSV requires a good- 
quality unidirectional microphone, a Passport 
MIDI interface card, headphones or a stereo 
system, and a MIDI-equipped synthesizer with 
a one-octave pitch-wheel range. The results 
are amazing. SSV just misses professional 
status— it lacks overdub and multitrack 
sequencing— though if you have a multitrack 
tape recorder you can make up for it. 

THE MUSIC MAN 

Professional software for the Apple includes 
MIDI sequencers and music-notation 



programs. Offering a wealth of tools, Pass- 
port's DOS 3.3 MasterTracks Pro is still the 
top-rated sequencer for the enhanced 128K 
Apple He. The program uses expanded mem- 
ory, delivers real-time and step-time music 
entry, and features a song mode in which you 
can use 1500 steps to assemble 256 sequences. 

For the GS, Passport's new entries are 
MasterTracks Jr. and MasterTracks Pro. With 
its graphics interface, "Jr." is quite a kid— an 
advanced music processor that can control a 
bank of synthesizers, drum machines, and ef- 
fects boxes, and record your sequences on 64 
tracks. (See Reviews, June 1989, p. 110.) Jr. 
lets you create a conductor track for subtle 
tempo changes that mimic live performance, 
and the program supports all MIDI control- 
lers. It's impossible to enumerate all its fea- 
tures here— there are far too many of them. 



Converted from the acclaimed Macintosh 
program, Master Tracks Pro for the GS is 
unequaled. Incorporating all the features of 
Jr., Pro adds many more, and the result is 
pure luxury. You don't have to hop back and 
forth between your synth and your computer. 
Instead, you can custom-map your synthesizer 
keyboard to control many aspects of the pro- 
gram. There's full note quantization, of course, 
but in addition to Jr.'s shifts, slides, and echo 
effects, Pro lets you "humanize" by inserting 
small random changes to note start times, du- 
ration, and velocity. 

Is there anything MasterTracks Pro doesn't 
do? Just one thing: It won't turn your MIDI 
files into music notation. You need Pygraphics' 
Pyware MIDI Translator for that. This slick 
utility lets you convert your MasterTracks Pro 
sequences to Pygraphics' Music Writer format 



(see below) for printing. Conversely, you can 
port original Music Writer compositions into 
Pro. MIDI Translator also converts Macintosh 
MIDI files for use on the GS. 

Pyware Music Writer 1.3 is an innovative 
GS-specific program that turns MIDI se- 
quences into sheet music. (See Reviews, June 
1989, p. 40.) Enter music from the computer 
keyboard or play your synthesizer. Print qual- 
ity is superb— and fast, too. The three versions 
available range from three staves to 32 for full 
orchestral scores, with numerous features. 
There's a four-staff version for the He and lie 
too, but if you don't have a hard drive, expect 
a workout. This disk-intensive program comes 
on four 5 l / 4 -inch floppies and requires two disk 
drives and a mouse. 

Music Writer isn't just a printer, though— 
it's a limited sequencer, as well. You can play 
your Music Writer files simultaneously on your 
GS and your synthesizer. Though the program 
comes with only 16 sounds on board, you can 
enter patch heaven with Pygraphics' compan- 
ion program, Instrument Designer. Designer 
can give your Ensoniq chip real synthesizer 
functions, such as vibrato and detuning to 
yield a thicker sound. Editing is quick, easy, 
and full-featured. 

CODA 

These professional programs are state of the 
art. They rival the best that any computer, 
including the Mac, has to offer. So where do 
we go from here? What's on the horizon? 

Would you believe the brain-to-MIDI con- 
nection? It's closer than you think. Hugh 
Lusted and Benjamin Knapp, researchers at 
Stanford University, have created Biomuse, a 
remarkable invention that reads a human 
body's electrical transmission as MIDI code. 
With Biomuse, the almost imperceptible 
movement of a finger can instantly change 
pitch on a distant synthesizer, while tension in 
an arm muscle triggers modulation. Eye move- 
ments control stereo imaging; alpha brain 
waves produce patch changes. 

New York's Center for Electronic Music is 
currently exploring Biomuse as a way to open 
the world of music to the disabled. Someday 
soon even people with extremely limited 
movement may find an entire electronic or- 
chestra under their control. 

Some dancing bear.D 



Sharon Webb is a novelist and free-lance 
journalist. Write to her at Route 2, Box 
2600, Blairsville, GA 30512. 



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Apple Computer Clubs 



A Class Act 



Thanks to Apple Computer Clubs, young Apple II enthusiasts are getting together to discover 
fascinating new ways to use and enjoy their computers. Meet 1989 club members who 
accepted the ACCs ultimate challenge, the National Merit Competition— 
a chance to test ideas and win country-wide recognition. 



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MENTION APPLE COMPUTER'S EDUCA- 
tional-grant policy, and you'll receive an 
enthusiastic response. The company's leg- 
endary philanthropic program has played 
a key role in bringing computer technology 
to special-student populations. Mention 
the Apple Computer Clubs (ACC) plan, though, and you'll 
most likely receive blank stares. Apple's "other" assistance 
program may be the best-kept secret in Cupertino. 

The ACC system provides educators with an 
organization to help them implement creative 
computing ideas. Enrolling in the program is 
painless: no eligibility restrictions, no lengthy ap- 
plication process, no limit on the number of par- 
ticipants—plus published guidelines offer a sure- 
fire formula for fun. For participants willing to 
go the distance, ACC also offers the chance to 
win computer equipment and national honors. 



ANATOMY OF A CLUB 

An Apple Computer Club consists of an ad- 
viser (usually a teacher) and students who meet 
because they share an interest in computers. Ad- 
visers don't need to be computer experts; they 
just need to be enthusiastic and imaginative. 

You can set up your computer club in any 
educational environment. As a classroom-based 
activity, it fits perfecdy into a computer-literacy 
or programming class. It can also add a new 
twist to programs for special-student groups or 




liven up traditional subject-area courses. As an extracurri- 
cular organization, a computer club lets students go beyond 
the standard academic courseware and experiment with 
other computer applications. 

For an annual membership fee of $19.95, the ACC pro- 
gram furnishes a variety of informational materials to help 
you plan and launch a computer club. New members re- 
ceive an ACC Membership Welcome Kit, which includes 
the official ACC Handbook. This little gem is packed with 
essential information that'll help you progress 
from the idea stage to a fully functioning club. 
For example, you'll find hints for maintaining 
student interest, acquiring your school admin- 
istration's support, and raising funds. 

In addition to the handbook, the Welcome 
Kit comes with an Activity Plan Book, a National 
Merit Competition Winning Ideas Book (a collection 
of articles describing successful computer-club 
projects), and a supply of student-incentive 
items. During the school year clubs receive sub- 
scriptions to two newsletters— one for advisers, 
written by the ACC staff, and the other for stu- 
dents, written by other student club members. 



Second-grade ACC Merit finalists 
from York, PA, used Apple lis to study 
the ecology of trees. 



By JENNIFER B RAWER 



NATIONAL MERIT COMPETITION 

Each year clubs around the country enter 
the Apple Computer Clubs' National Merit 
Competition. This event gives members the 
chance to test the mettle of their computing 
projects against those of other clubs. It also 



60 * inCider October 1989 




enables educators to 
achieve national recogni- 
tion and receive a substan- 
tial reward for their 
creativity and dedication to 
educational computing. 

Competition-entry re- 
quirements vary from year 
to year. In general, ACC 
looks for unique commu- 
nity-service projects; suc- 
cessful attempts to 
integrate computers into 
the curriculum; original 
student-programming 
ventures; and examples of 
how computers enhance 
school productivity and 
service delivery. 

In the past, all clubs en- 
tering the competition vied 
for first-place honors. Now 
they compete only with 
other clubs in their partic- 
ular geographic regions. For example, in 1989, judges selected winners 
in three areas: East, Central, and West. Because ACCs policy is to award 
Apple computers as both first- and second-place prizes, two '89 winners 
in each region received computers. In addition, first-place winners 
received an invitation to join the ACC staff on a "V.I. P. adventure" to 
celebrate their accomplishments. 

A CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE 

Last June Apple Computer invited the 1989 Merit Competition 
finalists to gather for four days in Washington, D.C. Treated like true 
V.I.Rs, the winners went sightseeing in the city by night, attended a 
congressional breakfast on Capitol Hill, and received special tours of 
the Smithsonian's Museum of American History and the National Air 
and Space Museum. They also enjoyed motoring by boat up the Potomac 
to visit Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home, and survived a make- 
your-own ice-cream-sundae party, a pizza party, and a dance. 

The trip's highlight, though, was the National Merit Competition 
Awards Banquet, when winners received their honors, trophies, and 
accolades. Here's a glimpse of the winning projects. 



Above, 
a team from 
Silver Bay, MN, 
used graphics 
programming to 
illustrate math con- 
cepts. Left, 1989 
Merit Competition 
finalists tour Washington. 

Students in the Micro- 
worms computer club at 
Edinburg Middle School 
in Edinburg, Virginia, de- 
voted their computing ex- 
pertise to a special cause. 
With the assistance of ad- 
viser Elsie Howard, the 
Microworms used their 
Apple lis to manage a se- 
ries of fund-raising activi- 
ties that helped them buy 
computer equipment for a 
police officer who was se- 
verely injured in a car ac- 
cident while on duty. 
Computers also played a key role in the students' production of a video 
and companion printed materials on seat-belt safety. 

The community of Nixa, Missouri, received a boost from Annice 
McLean's Nixa Junior High Computer Core club. Students used their 
machines to assist the local Boys and Girls Club with a fund-raising 
drive, and, in cooperation with a local business, desktop-published their 
local PTA newsletter. At holiday time club members delivered computer- 
decorated goody bags to the residents of an elderly-care facility, and 
put their computers to work organizing the town's Christmas parade. 

The ethnically diverse South Whittier Panther Komputer Klub in 
Whittier, California, exemplified the way computers can bring people 
of different backgrounds together. Adviser Irene Hubert and her stu- 
dents committed themselves to sharing cultural diversity through a 
series of parent parties, each with a different international flavor. 
Students used computers in every aspect of party planning— creating 
invitations, flyers, decorations, and computer how-to books. Moreover, 
they produced these resources in three languages: English, Spanish, 
and Laotian, ftirty activities included software demos, computer-based 
bingo games, and hands-on computer instruction. § 



inCider October I989 * 61 



On the opposite coast, Lewis Girod, an 11th- 
grader in the 115 Computer Club in Kenmore, 
New York, created two software programs in Apple 
Pascal. Teachers can use his CAT Converter Pro- 
gram to translate individual California Achieve- 
ment Test scores into an appropriate set of 
remedial-skills lessons. Girod also put together a 
menu-driven AIDS-Education Package containing 
two games: Mr. T-Cell and the AIDS Gang, and 
Guillotine. Both test students' knowledge of AIDS 
facts and fallacies, and conform to the New York 
State AIDS Curriculum. 

Talented duos produced the next two award- 
• winning projects. Julissa Gonzalez and Olivia Mor- 
eno, fifth-graders at Tijerina Elementary School in 
Houston, Texas, used their combined program- 
ming talent to create tutorial software for their 
schoolmates. The Safety Patrol Program, which 
Gonzales and Moreno wrote in BASIC for the lie 
and IlGS, uses low-resolution graphics, animation, 
and music to introduce students to the require- 
ments for becoming a member of the school's safety patrol. 

To the far north in Silver Bay, Minnesota, are James Martin and Amy 
Jorgenson, who attend William M. Kelley High School. This computer 
team designed seven programs to show a different side of mathematics. 
Instead of formulas, Martin and Jorgenson used graphics programmed 
in BASIC and assembly-language routines to illustrate obscure concepts, 
such as mathematical limits and infinity. 

How about a repeat finalist? David Harris, a lOth-grade student at 
Murray Junior High in Ridgecrest, California, is a veteran Merit Com- 
petition winner. This year he submitted a potpourri of programming 
projects for the Apple II and the Macintosh, including utilities, games, 
mathematical amusements, and a simulation of the 6502 microprocessor. 

Barbara Kuhl, from Ferguson Elementary School in York, Pennsyl- 
vania, and her second-grade computer club embarked on a year-long 
study of trees and their importance to local and global ecology. Students 
used Apple lies to construct information databases, create charts and 
graphs, write stories and poems, and conduct a public-awareness 
campaign. The Pennsylvania Governor's Office recognized the stu- 
dents' efforts at the end of the school year with a firm commitment to 
environmental conservation. 

Mike Slootmaker's science class/computer club at Fremont Middle 
School in Fremont, Michigan, used Apple computers to gain an un- 
derstanding of a number of scientific concepts. Students attached Apples 
to roof-mounted probes, then analyzed the weather data they collected. 
Club members also used their computers to study real-time graphing 
of moving objects, rocketry, solar heating, temperature, and light. 

From the science lab, we move on to Rosemarie Orlick and Jackie 
Cleveland, who ran a writing-lab computer club at Frost Elementary 
School in Chandler, Arizona. Students used the lab's lies to develop their 
writing skills. After they completed the program, Orlick and Cleveland 
put them to work in the school's own business— a publishing company 
that produces hard-bound volumes of student compositions. Company 
CEOs were teachers, but students held all other management and staff 
positions. Their responsibilities included evaluating and editing manu- 
scripts, desktop publishing, printing, and binding. 




64 As an extra- 
curricular 
organization, a 
computer club 
lets students go 
beyond the 
standard 
academic 



courseware. 



99 



As you can tell by the 1989 winning projects, 
Apple computer clubs come up with some creative 
computing ventures. But be warned: The Merit 
Competition is tough. If you're up to the challenge 
and want to participate, the following information 
can get you started. 

ACC members can enter their 1990 projects in 
one of three categories: community service, com- 
puters in the curriculum, or student programming. 
The first category is for clubs that use computers 
to help their local communities or to solve a social 
problem. Submissions must communicate club 
members' social involvement and teamwork. In this 
category the club wins the computer system. 

The curriculum division is designed for individ- 
ual teachers who use the club format to integrate 
computers into regular education. Entries must 
include sample lesson plans, information about the 
integration process, and an evaluation of student 
reactions and progress. ACC will award the com- 
puter to the winning teacher. 
The third category, programming, challenges individual students to 
create original software for the Apple II or the Macintosh. Programs 
must be original and written entirely by the student in the language of 
his or her choice. While an ACC adviser has to supervise the project, 
Apple will award the computer system to the student. 

Chances of winning a computer this year are better than in 1989 
because ACC has increased the number of regions from three to five— 
Northeastern, Central, Southern, Northwestern, and Southwestern. As 
in past competitions, both first- and second-place winners in each region 
will receive computer systems. That means ACC will award 15 first- 
place and 15 second-place prizes— a total of 30 computers. 

Unfortunately, if you enter the contest with your heart set on winning 
an Apple IlGS, you can forget it. In 1990 ACC Merit Competition prize 
winners will receive a Macintosh SE with one 800K floppy drive and a 
20-megabyte internal hard drive. (Apple's going to make Mac users out 
of you one way or another.) 

As in the past, first-place winners will receive, in addition to a new 
computer, an invitation to join the ACC staff" for the annual V.I.R trip 
and awards ceremony. ACC hasn't finalized plans for next year's event, 
so the location is under wraps. 

EVERYONE'S A WINNER 

The ACC program is a great way for teachers to get started with 
computers or for experts to try something new. 

If you're interested in joining, the Apple Computer Clubs organi- 
zation is offering a back-to-school special on the membership fee. 
Until October 15, ACC memberships are available for $14.95. For 
more information write or call Apple Computer Clubs, Apple Com- 
puter Inc., 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS:36AA, Cupertino, CA 95014, 
(800) 538-9696, extension 225.D 



Jennifer Brawer was the eduction editor of 4 + magazine and is cur- 
rently a free-lance writer and consultant in educational techno- 
loy. Write to her at 789 Parma Way, Los Altos, CA 94022. Enclose a 

SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE IF YOU'D LIKE A PERSONAL REPLY. 



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By RUTH K. WITKIN 

GRADE YOURSELF AS A MONEY MAN- 
ager. Are you getting straight As, flunking the 
course, or settled somewhere in between? 

One of the best ways to find out is with a 
personal net-worth statement that shows what 
you own (assets), what you owe (liabilities), 
and how much is left (net worth) after you 
deduct what you owe from what you own. 

WHAT'S IT WORTH? 

The spreadsheet in Figure 1 makes it easy 
to figure this out. The first category is liquid 
assets— cash or anything you can turn into cash 
quickly and easily, including savings, checking, 
and credit-union accounts; money funds; 
stocks; and bonds. 

The next category is personal assets, the most 
important of which is likely to be your house. 
To get a realistic picture of what it's worth, 
scan newspaper for-sale ads for similar houses 
and locations, check with your local land- 
records office, or ask a real-estate broker to 
assess its market value. 

Be conservative when valuing household 
furnishings (furniture, appliances, treasured 
mementos, and so on). If you choose not to 
make a room-by-room inventory, estimate 
what's inside your home as 5 percent of the 
value of the home itself. 

To get the current market value of your car, 



consult an automobile price guide at your local 
library or a bank that makes auto loans, or 
ask your good buddy at a car dealership to 
give you the average retail market value listed 
in the NADA Official Used Car Guide or Kelly 
Blue Book. The value you assign to clothing, 
furs, jewelry, computers, and collectibles 
(stamps, coins, art, and so on) should be what 
you think you could get if you had to sell them 
tomorrow. 

Nonliquid assets include such investments as 
business interests, IRA and Keogh retirement 
funds, and profit-sharing plans. Unless you're 
sure you can get your money back today if 
you asked for it, personal loans belong here 
instead of in liquid assets. 

Your liabilities come next. Short-term 
obligations— those due for payment within one 
year— include such things as mortgages, rent, 
loans, insurance, and credit charges, pro- 
jected for the next 12 months. Long-term 
obligations are those due for payment in more 
than one year. 

THE TALLY 

After you enter your assets and liabilities, 
AppleWorks takes over. A group of formulas 
adds the amounts in each category, subtracts 
total liabilities from total assets, and, like 
magic, produces your total net worth. 

Net worth indicates how you're faring as a 
money manager. If you end up with a negative 



number, you're deeply in debt; how seriously 
depends on where you are at this stage. A 
negative net worth may be acceptable, for in- 
stance, if you're a student or a recent graduate 
just starting out. But if you've been out in the 
world for a while, repaying some debts should 
take top priority. If your net worth is positive, 
but not by much, you're doing somewhat 
better. Again, pay off some loans and look for 
ways to increase your assets. 

If your net worth is significantly in the black, 
pat yourself on the back, but take a critical 
look at asset mix. If a relatively large propor- 
tion of your assets is tied up in cars, clothing, 
and household furnishings, which tend to 
decline in value as soon as you buy them, 
consider income-producing assets, such as real 
estate, which stand a good chance of increasing 
in value over time. 

A SPREADSHEET FROM SCRATCH 

Now load the AppleWorks program and 
create a new spreadsheet file named PNET- 
WORTH. You should see the spreadsheet 
Review/Add/Change screen with the cursor in 
Al. Use the following summary to start the 
spreadsheet: 

Long lines. Enter a double line across row 3 
in columns A through E: Place the cursor on 
A3 and type quotation marks. Hold down the 
equal-sign key until the sign reaches the right 
edge of E3, and hit Return. 

Next, enter a single line across row 5 in 
columns A through E: Place the cursor on A5, 
type quotation marks, hold down the minus- 
sign key until the sign reaches the right edge 
of E5, and hit Return. Enter the double line 
in D35 to E35 and another one in D40 to E40 
in the same way. 

Column width. Each column is now nine 
characters wide. Use the Layout command 
(OA-L), Columns, and Column width to change 
the following column widths: Increase col- 
umn A to 26 characters and column B to 10 i 



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Figure 1 . Personal net worth. 



1 1 

21 

3 , ==================== 

4 (ASSETS - Uhat 1 Own 
5 | 

61 L iqu i d Assets: 



PERSONAL NET WORTH 
as of September 198? 



LIABILITIES - What I Owe 
Short-Term Liabilities: 



7! 


Cash on hand 




650 


1 Mortgage or rent 


7 

f 


JHU 


81 


Savings accounts 


1 


834 


1 Other mortgage 


1 


660 


9\ 


Checking accounts 




776 


1 Fuel and utilities 


2 


880 


101 


Money marke t funds 


1 4 


440 


I neoicai ano oeniai 




775 


111 


Credit union accounts 


1 


076 


1 Income tax (not withheld) 


1 

1 


1 50 


121 


Cash value-life insurance 


9 


800 


1 Insurance premiums 


3 


456 


131 


Stocks, bonds 


7 


600 


1 College loans 


2 


160 


14! 


Personal loans to others 




500 


1 Car loans 


3 


500 


151 


Other 







1 Charge accounts 




234 


161 
171 

1 Q 1 


Total Li qu i d Assets 


36 


676 


1 

|~T| Total Short-Term Liabs 
i 


24 


155 


l?IPersonal Assets: 






1 Long-Term Liabilities: 






201 


Resi dence 


133 


,000 


1 Home mortgage loan 


67 


,500 


211 


Vacation property 


23 


,000 


1 Home improvements 


8 


560 


221 


Household -furnishings 


14 


,750 


1 Col 1 ege 1 oans 


12 


,000 


231 


Cars 


11 


,750 


I Car loans 


9 


600 


241 


Clothing, -furs, jewelry 


3 


,200 


1 Vacation property loan 


5 


670 


251 


Computer equ i pmen t 


1 


450 


1 Margin accounts 







261 


Col lect ibles 


1 


,800 


1 Other 







271 


Gold, silver 




750 


1 






281 


Other 







1 Total Long-Term Liabs 


103 


, 330 



291 

301 Total Personal Assets 
31 1 

32INonl iqu id Assets: 

331 Business interests 

341 Certificates of Deposit 

351 IRAs, Keoghs 

361 Pro-fit sharing 

371 Personal loans to others 

381 Other 

391 

401 Total Nonl i qu i d Assets 



189,700 



23,000 
5,000 

18,680 
1 ,700 
1 ,250 




I TOTAL ASSETS 
I TOTAL LIABILITIES 

I 

I NET WORTH 

49 , 630 [7] ================== 



276,006 
127,485 [T] 

148,521 H 



characters. Reduce column C to 2 characters 
(to provide a narrow column for the vertical 
line). Increase column D to 26 characters and 
column E to 10 characters. 
Short lines. Enter the short line in B16: Place 
the cursor on B16 and type quotation marks. 
Press the spacebar, type 8 minus signs, and 
move the cursor to B29. Enter the same line 
there, then do it again in B39, E16, E27, 
and E38. 

Vertical line. With the cursor on C4, type 
quotation marks, and press the vertical-line 
key. (The vertical line shares the backslash 
key.) Now use OA-C to copy the line into C5 
through C40. 

Labels and numbers. Referring to Figure 2, 
enter all labels and numbers. (AppleWorks will 
enter commas in numbers after you format.) 
In Bl, type quotation marks, and press the 
spacebar once before typing the spreadsheet 
tide, PERSONAL NETWORTH. 

Indent the labels in columns A and D in a 
stair-step fashion, so that you can easily ex- 
amine the number to which each relates. 

Indent a label under a general heading 
(such as Cash on hand in A7 under general 
heading Liquid Assets in A6) by typing quotation 
marks and pressing the spacebar once. 

To indent an AppleWorks label that iden- 
tifies a total (such as Total Liquid Assets in A17), 
type quotation marks and press the spacebar 
twice. 

Instead of pressing Return after typing a 
label or number, move the cursor to the next 
cell that needs an entry and AppleWorks will 
enter what you just typed in its cell. After 
typing the last entry, hit Return. 
Formats. Use the Value command (OA-V) to 
set a standard Value format of Commas with zero 
decimal places. Now press OA-S to store all 
your work on disk. 

ENTERING FORMULAS 

Next, enter the formulas that perform your 
calculations. First read how the formula works. 
Then place the cursor on the cell receiving the 
formula. Move the cursor to the cell locations 
shown in the formula, and type everything else. 

When the formula is complete, compare 
each character on your screen with the way it 
appears here. If everything agrees, press 
Return. If something's amiss, press Escape and 
start again. 

Each SUM formula (B17, B30, B40, E17, 
and E28) includes the empty cell above the list 
of items and the line below the list. This way, 



if you insert rows later for other items, 
AppleWorks will adjust the formula to add the 
new entries. 

FORMULA 1: TOTAL LIQUID ASSETS 

Formula 1 adds nine items in the liquid- 
assets category and enters the total in B17. 

Cell location: B17 

Formula: @SUM(B16.B6) 

Formulas take time to plan and enter, so it's 
always a good idea to protect them from ac- 
cidental change: Leave the cursor on B17 and 
press OA-L to bring up the Layout screen. 
Press Return and type FN (for Protection 
Nothing). 

The personal-assets category also has nine 
items you add. Instead of creating a new for- 
mula, copy Formula 1 (which also copies its 
protection): Leave the cursor on B17, press 
OA-C, and hit Return twice. Move the cursor 
to B30 and hit Return again. Both cell 
references are relative, so type R twice. 

The current-liabilities category also contains 
nine items, so copy Formula 1 again: With the 



cursor on B 17, press OA-C, and hit Return 
twice. Move the cursor to El 7 and hit Return 
again. Type R twice. 

FORMULA 2: TOTAL NONUQUID ASSETS 

Formula 2 adds six items in the nonliquid- 
assets category and enters the total in B40. 

Cell location: B40 

Formula: @SUM(B39.B32) 

Protect Formula 2 and each of the other 
formulas as you create them. 

FORMULA 3: LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 

Formula 3 adds seven items in the long- 
term -liabilities category and enters the total in 
E28. 

Cell location: E28 
Formula: @SUM(E27.E19) 

FORMULA 4: TOTAL ASSETS 

Formula 4 adds total liquid assets (B17), 
total personal assets (B30), and total nonliquid 
assets (B40) to produce your total assets 
in E36. 



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Figure 2. Labels, lines, and practice entries. 



ZL 



PERSONAL NET WORTH 
as of September 198? 



4 1 ASSETS - What I Own 



I LIABILITIES - Uhat I Owe 



6ILiqu id Assets: 


1 


Short-Term Liabilities: 




71 


Cash on hand 


650 1 


Mortgage or rent 


7340 


81 


Savings accounts 


18341 


Other mortgage 


1660 


91 


Checking accounts 


776! 


Fuel and utilities 


2880 


101 


Money market -funds 


144401 


Medical and dental 


775 


lit 


Credit union accounts 


10761 


Income tax <not withheld) 


1150 


121 


Cash value-li-fe insurance 


98001 


Insurance premiums 


3456 


131 


Stocks, bonds 


76001 


College loans 


2160 


14! 


Personal loans to others 


5001 


Car loans 


3500 


151 
161 
171 


Other 


01 


Charge accounts 


1234 


Total Liquid Assets 


1 

1 


Total Short-Term Liabs 





181 

191 Personal Assets: 

201 Residence 

21 1 Vacat ion property 

221 Household furnishings 

231 Cars 

241 Clothing, furs, jewelry 

251 Computer equipment 

261 Collectibles 

271 Gold, silver 

281 Other 

291 

301 Total Personal Assets 
311 

32INonl iquid Assets: 

33) Business interests 

341 Certificates of Deposit 

351 IRAs, Keoghs 

361 Profit sharing 

371 Personal loans to others 

381 Other 

391 

401 Total Nonl iquid Assets 



I 
I 

1330001 
230001 
147501 
117501 
32001 
14501 
1800! 
7501 
01 

I 

I 
1 
I 

230001 
50001 

186801 
1700! 
12501 
01 



Long-Term Liabilities: 
Home mortgage loan 
Home improvements 
College loans 
Car loans 

Vacation property loan 
Marg i n accounts 
Other 

Total Long-Term Liabs 



67500 
8560 
12000 
9600 
5670 





TOTAL ASSETS 
TOTAL LIABILITIES 



I NET WORTH 



izr 



Figure 3. Formula printout, 



1 1 

21 



PERSONAL 
as of Sept 



NET WORTH 
ember 1989 



41 ASSETS - Uhat I Own 
5I 

6ILiquid Assets: 

71 Cash on hand 

81 Savings accounts 

91 Checking accounts 
101 Money market -funds 
11! Credit union accounts 
121 Cash value-life insurance 
131 Stocks, bonds 
141 Personal loans to others 
151 Other 
161 

171 Total Liquid Assets 
181 

19IPersona1 Assets: 

201 Residence 

21 1 Yaeat ion property 

22! Household -furnishings 

231 Cars 

241 Clothing, furs, jewelry 

251 Computer equipment 

261 Collectibles 

271 Gold, silver 

281 Other 

291 

30! Total Personal Assets 
31 1 

32INon1 iquid Assets: 

331 Business interests 

341 Certificates of Deposit 

351 IRAs, keoghs 

361 Profit sharing 

371 Personal loans to others 

381 Other 

391 

401 Total Nonl i qu i d Assets 



i LIABILITIES - Uhat I Owe 



650 
1834 
776 
14440 
1076 
9800 
7600 
500 




Short-Term Liabilities 
Mortgage or rent 
Other mortgage 
Fuel and utilities 
Medical and dental 
Income tax (not wi thhel d> 1 150 
Insurance premiums 3456 
College loans 
Car loans 
Charge accounts 



7340 
1660 
2880 
775 



2160 
3500 
1234 



3SUM(B16. . .B6) I Total Short-Term Liabs 3SUMCE16 . . .E6> 



133000 

23000 

14750 

11750 

3200 

1450 

1800 

750 





Long-Term Liabilities: 
Home mortgage loan 
Home improvements 
College loans 
Car loans 

Vacation property loan 
Margin accounts 
Other 



67500 

8560 

12000 

9600 

5670 







Total Long-Term Liabs 3SUM<E27. . .El?) 



.B19)l 
I 



23000 

5000 

18680 

1700 

1250 





I TOTAL ASSETS 

I TOTAL LIABILITIES 



+B17+B30+B40 
+E17+E28 



3SUM(B39. . .B32) I 



J 



Cell location: E36 
Formula: + B17 + B30 + B40 

FORMULA 5: TOTAL LIABILITIES 

Formula 5 adds total current liabilities (EI 7) 
and total long-term liabilities (E28) to produce 
your total liabilities in E37. 

Cell location: E37 

Formula: + E17 + E28 

FORMULA 6: NET WORTH 

Formula 6 subtracts total liabilities (E37) 
from total assets (E36) to produce your net 
worth in E39. 

Cell location: E39 

Formula: +E36-E37 

And here's your (fictional) net worth of 
$148,521. Press OA-S to store the spreadsheet 
on disk. 

PRINTING YOUR SPREADSHEET 

This spreadsheet is 74 characters wide and 
prints at the AppleWorks standard often char- 
acters per inch. To position it nicely on the 
page, change the margins: Leave the cursor 
where it is and press OA-O to bring up the 
Printer Options screen. Type LM (for Left 
Margin), and press Return. Type .3 and hit 
Return again. Now type RM (for Right Margin), 
press Return, type .3, and hit Return again. 
And finally, type TM (for Top Margin) and press 
Return. Type .5 and hit Return again. All other 
print settings remain at AppleWorks stan- 
dards. Press OA-S to store the margin settings 
on disk and return the spreadsheet to the 
screen. 

Turn on your printer, Press OA-P to bring 
up the Print screen. Press Return to confirm 
your printer (or type a printer number, then 
Return). Type today's date and hit Return 
twice (the second time to confirm one copy). 
The printer starts working and here's your 
spreadsheet. 

PRINTING FORMULAS 

AppleWorks can print formulas, too, as 
shown in Figure 3. A formula printout is 
handy when you're searching for a problem 
formula or working on a spreadsheet created 
by someone else. But it serves its purpose best 
when adversity strikes, and you have to re- 
create a spreadsheet from scratch. 

Here's how to print formulas. The first step 
is to display the formulas on screen. To get a 
good view of the action, place your cursor on 
B17 and press OA-Z. As you can see, only as 



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much of the formula is visible as the cell width 
allows. 

This is easily remedied by increasing the 
column width: Leave your cursor on Bl7 and 
press OA-L (for Layout). Type C (for 
Columns) and press Return. Type C (for Column 
width), press OA-Right Arrow five times, and 
hit Return. In the same way, increase the width 
of column E by five characters. Move the 
cursor around the spreadsheet, and you can 
see that all formulas are now fully displayed. 

Next, check the effect of these increases on 
print width: Leave the cursor where it is, press 
OA-P, and hit Return. The Print screen shows 
that this spreadsheet is now 84 characters wide 
and, at the current 10-pitch setting, can print 
only 74 characters per line— an overflow of 
ten characters. The simple solution is to select 
a smaller character size: Press Escape to return 
to the spreadsheet. Now press OA-0, type CI 
(for Chars per Inch), and press Return. Type 
12 and hit Return again. 

AppleWorks now recalculates the number 
of characters that can print across a line and 
displays Chars per line (est) 88 -move than 
enough for the current 84-character width. 
Press Escape to return to the spreadsheet. 

Be sure your printer is on, because you're 
about to print the formulas: Press OA-P and 
press Return four times (to confirm All, your 
printer, the date, and one copy). 

To avoid replacing the original version of 
this spreadsheet on disk, rename this formula 
version PNETFORMS (short for PERSONAL 
NETWORTH FORMULAS): Press OA-N (for 
Name). Press the right-arrow key three times, 
then press OA-E to switch to the overtype 
cursor. Type FORMS and hit Return again. 
Now press OA-S to save the spreadsheet. When 
you load PNETFORMS the next time, the 
formula results, not the formulas, will appear. 
Just press OA-Z to display the formulas. 

NEXT MONTH 

With Thanksgiving and the holiday season 
just around the corner, next month's column 
features a food-shopping database that can 
help you get ready for festive occasions. □ 



Ruth K. Witkin is the author of the popular 

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Or try this alternative method: Select col- 
umn 1, copy it (Open apple-C or Edit menu), 
and drag the copy (Open apple-V or Edit 
menu) into position with the mouse. Paste 
again to create column 3. Select column 3 and 
lengthen it by dragging its lower-right handle 
straight down about 1' 2 inches. Use Show 
Specifications to fine-tune it if necessary. 

Under columns 1 and 2 rubber-band 
another text area, which will function as a 
masthead for listing the publisher, frequency 
of distribution, price, and copyright notice. 
Make this a bordered text area by clicking 
on the Frame Border button in the Show 
Specifications dialog. 

Use Table 1 to help you duplicate the di- 
mensions of the three rectangles and the two 
text areas comprising the multilevel title area. 
With the rectangle tool create a shape; then, 
while it's still selected, choose its pattern. For 
the grey rectangle choose a shaded pattern 
from the Set Fill Pattern dialog (Objects menu). 
For the black rectangle change the fill pattern 
to black. For the white rectangle use the white 
fill pattern. 

Select the text tool and rubber-band two text 
areas in the tide area. Use Show Specifications to 
frame these text areas and to fine-tune their 
placement. 

WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM 

Become fluent in switching from one view- 
ing mode to another. Size to Fit mode is best 
for laying out a page, but Show Half Size mode 
(Open apple-3) is tops for working on 
medium-sized objects, headlines, and sub- 
headings. Use Show Full Size mode (Open 
apple- 1) for typing text or viewing graphics. 
Though perhaps least frequently used, Show 
Double Size mode (Open apple-2) is indispens- 
able for selecting, editing, and positioning thin 
rules that are otherwise difficult to manipulate. 

Here's one reminder: Like politicians who 
counsel you to "vote early and often," desktop 
publishers know they should save their prog- 
ress with the same diligence. Use Save As (Open 
apple-A or File menu), select the drive con- 
taining your data disk, type the name of your 
template-in-progress, and press Return. Save 
your template under the same name or a 
slightly different name each time you complete 
a major step. 

MOVING RIGHT ALONG 

Click on the right-arrow icon in the bottom 
left-hand corner of the screen and add another 



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page to your newsletter. On page 2, create 
three identical columns according to the spec- 
ifications shown in Table 1. 

Because this template is for a multipage 
newsletter, it's a good idea to include a header 
at the top of each page; it should contain the 
publication's name, date, and page number. 
Rubber-band the header-text area. Place the 



I-beam within this area, select a font such as 
Desplaines 18 (Open apple-W or Font menu), 
and type the information. 

Separate the header from the body text of 
the newsletter with a rule. Use the straight- 
line tool, and select the rule's thickness from 
the Set Line Weight dialog under the Objects 
menu. Page 2 should look like Figure 3. 



74 • inCider October 1989 



Fan mail GS 



"TransWarp GS has performed flawlessly ... Vve 
become addicted to computing at warp speed ... 
once you get a taste, you'll wonder how you ever 
got anything accomplished with your IIGS lumber- 
ing along at an unaccelerated pace ... it's an 
improvement you 're going to appreciate every time 
you place your fingers on the keyboard. " 

— Owen Idnzmayer, Technical Editor, A+ 

"I'm stunned . . . bordering on speechless. I used to 
dread waiting and waiting to run GS/OS. I don 't 
anymore TransWarp GS breathes new life into my 
computer. Thanks AE } you guys are in a class by 
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— Joe Kohn, The Source 

"Once I started using the original TransWarp in 
my old lie, I found I couldn't do without it } 
TransWarp GSpromises to be equally indispensable. " 

— Lafe Low, Review Editor, Incider 

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— Richard Arte, Ft. Collins, CO 

"I have conducted some recent tests which indicate 
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Click on the right-arrow icon and add page 
3, which has the same five objects as page 2. 
Objects are identical except that the header- 
text area and the rule are shifted to the right- 
hand side of the page as shown in Figure 4. 
This placement makes any two facing pages 
appear more symmetrical. 



Use the program's copy and paste functions 
to duplicate objects from page 2 on page 3. 
Then, to copy the header's text, place the 
I-beam at the beginning of the header text on 
page 2. Press Open apple-E (or Edit menu) 
to select this text. Press Open apple-C (or Edit 
menu) to copy it, then switch to page 3. Place 



the I-beam in the header-text area on that 
page. Press Open apple-V (Edit menu). The 
text should flow right into place. 

THE BACK PAGE 

Click on the right-arrow icon to add page 
4. This page, which looks different from all 
others (see Figure 5), contains three identical 
short columns as well as a header-text area 
and a rule. 

The lower half of page 4 is special. When 
you fold your finished newsletter in half, the 
bottom of the page displays your organiza- 
tion's return address and provides a place to 
attach a mailing label with the recipient's name 
and address. 

To facilitate consistent placement of name 
labels, rubber-band a small text area. Place the 
I-beam within it, select the Desplaines 18 font, 
and type the word To. 

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS 

Click on the left-arrow icon three times to 
work your way back to page 1. Think about 
the message you're trying to convey and the 
typeface that can do the job. 

For our crime-prevention newsletter Des- 
plaines and Deerfield typefaces meet require- 
ments both for appearance and for readability. 
A typeface such as Ravinia seems much too 
flowery for a crime-related piece, but it could 
be right at home in a newsletter written for 
miniatures (doll houses and their furnishings) 
enthusiasts or garden clubbers. The Wilmette 
typeface isn't "heavy-handed" enough for a 
let's-get-tough-on-crime newsletter, but it 
could work effectively in a publication for boat- 
ers or restaurateurs. 

But far be it from me to take the personal 
out of personal computing! Experiment and 
choose the typeface that looks best to you. If 
you feel "iffy" about a particular font, show a 
sample printout to your spouse, a fellow 
teacher, or a business colleague. 

EXTRA! EXTRA! 

Place the I-beam in the tide area's larger 
text space. Select the 36-point Desplaines font 
and type the newsletter's tide. Use our title or 
your own. 

This text area can accommodate about 15 
characters on each of its two lines. If you 
choose a different typeface and size, you may 
be able to fit more or fewer characters. In that 
case, you may want to resize all five objects 
comprising the title area. ► 



76 « inCider October 1989 



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Applied Engineering makes 
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many users because of the enormous 
memory requirements of today's software 
titles. Incorporates 1 MEG x 1 chips. 




3 GS-RAM Ultra.™ AE's newest 
memory card incorporates a 
new chip - the 256K x 4, 
^ which has four times the 
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Consider your needs. 

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We even offer a trade-in credit for your 
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Call us, well be happy to discuss your 
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DMA compatibility. 

All three of our GS memory cards are 
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5.500 


3.000 


2.250 


7.250 


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0.500 


9.000 


4.750 


1.250 


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0.500 


0.500 


6.000 


0.400 


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0.500 


1.500 


6.000 








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0.500 


1.500 


2.250 


8.000 


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Column 2 Text 


3.000 


1.500 


2.250 


8.000 


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5.500 


1.500 


2.250 


8.000 


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1.750 


0.500 


6.000 


0.400 


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1.750 


1.000 


6.000 








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0.500 


1.500 


2.250 


8.000 


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3.000 


1.500 


2.250 


8.000 


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5.500 


1.500 


2.250 


8.000 


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0.500 


0.500 


6.000 


0.400 


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0.500 


1.000 


6.000 








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0.500 


1.500 


2.250 


3.500 


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3.000 


1.500 


2.250 


3.500 


n 




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5.500 


1.500 


2.250 


3.500 


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0.500 


6.000 


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2.000 


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3.000 


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0.500 


0.500 


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Drag the I-beam to highlight the title. Make 
the text boldface (Open apple-B or Font 
menu). 

Select Justification from the Format menu 
and click on Center. Turn off Use Page Standard 
by clicking on it. 

Select 18-point Desplaines for the volume, 
number, and date information contained in 
the smaller text area at the top of the page. 
Center the information. 

For consistency's sake I used the Desplaines 
typeface in various sizes and styles for head- 
lines as well as for the masthead text on page 
1, last month's Figure 2 ("Do-It- Yourself" 
September 1989, p. 76) on page 2, and the 
sidebars on pages 3 and 4. 

I used the 12-point Deerfield font for body 
text. In serif typefaces such as Deerfield, 
individual characters have "tails" or embel- 
lishments that— according to some experts- 



make them more readable. 

Sans-serif typefaces like Desplaines have 
characters that end abrupdy. While more 
"contemporary" in appearance, these type- 
faces may be more difficult to read in large 
doses. 

IT FIGURES 

Select the graphics-area tool, and rubber- 
band a graphics area above the masthead and 
spanning two columns* width. Refer to Table 
2 for object specifications for special effects 
like the one used in our crime-stopping news- 
letter. Click on the graphics area with the 
pointer tool, pull down the File menu, and 
click on Import Picture. Place the disk contain- 
ing the clip art you want to use in the selected 
drive. 

Remember the column chart we created 
with Graph It! in last month's Press Room? If 



you completed that project, select the chart 
from your data disk's directory. Otherwise, 
select any piece of clip art that suits your news- 
letter's theme. Shrink or enlarge the graphic 
if necessary by tugging systematically on one 
or more handles. 

DAZZLING DIAGRAMS 

Turn to page 2. Remember the second il- 
lustration we created in last month's column? 
We used Dazzle Draw to design a picture of a 
door hinge and a double-headed nail. Import 
your Dazzle Drawing into Publish It! 2 (use 
the File menu option Import Picture) and com- 
plete the diagram with Publish It! 2 shape 
tools and text labels. Use shaded rectangles to 
simulate the door frame and door. Rubber- 
band small text areas to create labels for the 
diagram's parts. 

Why not include instructions for the anti-^ 



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2.666 


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4.036 


2.445 


2.416 


1.180 


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4.850 


1.529 


0.833 


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4.850 


2.491 


0.166 


1.148 


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5.738 


1.566 


0.758 


0.962 




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6.397 


2.418 


0.091 


1.295 


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Frame-Label Text 


3.820 


1.880 


0.981 


0. 155 




Nail-Label Text 


3.247 


3.047 


0.877 


0.337 


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Door-Label Text 


6.526 


1.863 


0.575 


0.155 




Hinge-Label Text 


6.284 


3.141 


0.945 


0.169 


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2.962 


1.262 


4.740 


8.222 




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3.169 


3.911 


4.252 


5.173 


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5.444 


1.479 


2.333 


8.222 




Sidebar Text 


5.752 


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3.091 


2.313 


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5.387 


1.352 


2.444 


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Hear what you've been missing! With one simple 
statement, GS BASIC programmers can 
play any digitized-sound file. 

By JOE ABERNATHY 

YOUR MISSIVES SAY, "LET THERE BE GRAPHICS AND 
sound," so tune your dial and let's round out your GS' "natural" talents. 
In addition to the powerful QuickDraw graphics primitives discussed 
in August ('Tools to Draw On," p. 78), you can add to your BASIC 
library an efficient and easy-to-use sound-playback capability, handy in 
education, special-needs, and entertainment programming. 

Sound reproduction is within ready grasp of all IlGS programmers. 
Best of all, you don't even need to understand the technical details to 
use these sound-software tools. Using Micol Advanced BASIC, TML 
BASIC, or AC/BASIC, simply type in the accompanying Program listings 
and start listening. 

If you're interested in the theory, however, sound presents one of 
the few occasions on which our normally friendly BASIC compilers 
begin to balk. Yet learning to use BASIC to program sound can help 
you master many lesser IlGS programming tasks. 

The GS can record and reproduce multichannel sound that's similar 
in quality to that of expensive music synthesizers. It does so by using a 
special outboard logic chip, the Ensoniq, which is dedicated solely to 
sound tasks. For true multichannel sound, you'll also need an expansion 
stereo card and external speakers. 

To help you access the Ensoniqs sound capabilities, Apple has pro- 
vided a built-in set of software utilities, collectively called the Sound 
Manager tool set. In turn, your BASIC compiler provides a tool interface 
to make the Toolbox sound calls available to you as though they were 
a standard part of the BASIC language— more or less. 

ORGANIZATION PAYS 

The GS can produce concert-quality sound, but achieving this mag- 
nificent effect requires an advanced music degree. So rather than fully 
master the GS' musical talents, we'll focus herein on a simple goal— 
digitized-sound playback. This procedure meets the needs of most 
programmers, as well as those who want to establish a foundation for 



further learning. In examining this technique, 
we also can practice the more general skill of 
how to coax any program from conception to 
completion. 

As I've emphasized repeatedly in this col- 
umn, the first step in writing any program is 
planning. Decide what your program must 
do, what it should do, and what it would be 
nice to do. Then strike a balance weighing 
your goals, abilities, and time. The following 
simple outline describes such a plan for sound playback: 

I. Select a file to play. 

A. Use Open File dialog in desktop environment. 

B. Request user input if in text environment. 

II. Load sound file into memory. 

A. Reserve memory for sound. 

B. Load file into reserved memory. 

III. Prepare for playback. 

A. Create table of sound parameters. 

B. Fill it with information about this sound. 

IV. Play the sound. 

A. Start sound tools. 

B. Begin playback. 

C. Play until done. 

D. Release memory. 

E. Shut down sound tools. 

The IlGS Toolbox Sound Manager contains two utilities for sound 
reproduction: _FFStartSound and _FFSoundDoneStatus. So our sec- 
ond oudine lists the specific sound tool calls you'll need along with 
related calls and data structures: 

I. Sound Manager tool calls 
•_FFStartSound to start sound playback 
•_FFSoundDoneStatus to monitor playback progress 

II. Other tool calls 
•_NewHandle to get the sound into memory 

III. Related functions and DOS calls 
•OPEN file 
•GET to read file 
•LOF to determine file size 
•CLOSE file 

IV. Data structures 
•RECORD sound-parameter block 
•NUMERIC VAR playback speed 
•MEMORY HANDLE for sound 



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•RECORD file information 

The next step is to implement your outline. Begin with the four data 
structures (part IV) that normally go at the top of a BASIC program. 
The exact form they'll take depends on your compiler. 

What are data structures? IlGS Toolbox calls often require that you 
feed them a lot of information so that they can react properly to your 
particular program. They often return quite a lot of information, as 
well. Data structures represent a way of organizing this information 
into a logical grouping with which you can work easily. 

The Sound Manager is no exception. Ensoniq needs to know how to 
reproduce your wave form. The sound-parameter table provides that 
information, including such data as playback speed and volume. By 
manipulating the sound-parameter block, you can make a soundtrack 
loop continuously in the background or play a succession of wave forms, 
for instance. 

According to the IlGS Toolbox Reference Manual, the sound-parameter 
block must keep track of the following items, among others: 
waveStart: address of wave form to play 
waveSize: waveform size in pages 
freqOffset: playback rate 
docBuffer: DOC-bufFer start address 
bufferSize: DOC-bufFer size 
nextWavePtr: pointer to next wave's parameter block 
volSetting: DOC-volume setting 

BASIC has no way to represent a hodgepodge of information such 
as that shown above. Standard BASIC arrays consist exclusively of 
mathematical or string variables. But the sound-parameter block, indeed 
most data structures, combine integers with memory pointers and more. 

All three IlGS BASICs have a special way of feeding data structures 
to the tool call. Micol lets you do a pseudo POKE, while TML and AC/ 
BASIC support a modified array that imitates a structure data type. 
The accompanying Program listings included with this column show 
the actual implementations for each language. 

Pascal and C are rich with data structures, making the IlGS BASIC 
compilers pale in comparison. This one fact makes tool programming, 
including sound, much more difficult in BASIC than it needs to be. 
The compiler's publishers maintain this is because BASIC programmers 
don't like powerful data structures resembling those of higher lan- 
guages; I've yet to meet a programmer who's of that opinion. Perhaps 
you should write a letter to the language publishers if you share these 
concerns. 

Once you've taken care of data structures, you can just look over 
your outline to see the most straightforward way of putting together 
the actual source code. You'll likely want procedures to set up the 
environment and to let someone select a sound file to play, actually 
play the file, and do a clean shutdown of the environment. 

In a program that implements the desktop, you'd probably get the 
most use out of a play sound option presented in a pull-down menu. 
Our Program listings implement this technique in TML and AC/BASIC. 

For text-based programs or background-sound reproduction, a sub- 
routine such as that shown in the Micol Advanced BASIC code, Listing 
1, is more appropriate. The subde differences lie only in how the sound- 
production routines fit into your application's general structure. 

After adding a sound-player utility to your software library, you may 
wonder how you'll obtain the sounds you'll want to play. For sound 
effects, which perhaps comprise the bulk of sound playback, you can ► 



Listing t. Micol Advanced Play. Sound source code. 



PROGRAM PrintLib 

{ } 
{ Show CDA Studio } 

{ By Joe Abernathy BASIC } 

{ (C)1989, inCider Magazine ====== } 

{ Version 1.2, July 11, 1989 } 
{ All Rights Reserved. } 
{ Compiler: Micol Advanced BASIC } 
{ ) 

{ Sound Data structures: } 

DIM FFBuffer% (20) 
FFBank% - 
H_Bank% = 
H_Adress% = 
FFAD% - 
No_MEM! = FALSE 

{ channel-generator-type word: } 
ffSy nth Mode = 0001 { Free-form Synthesizer Mode } 
noteSynthMode = 0002 { Note Synthesizer Mode } 
{ END OF SOUND DATA STRUCTURES } 

Done! = FALSE { init quit flag } 

{ } 
{ PROC DoSound 

This routine is based on a program 
(C)1988 by Ron Lewin of Micol Systems. 
Used with permission, and our thanks. 

} 

PROC DoSound [Size, SndFile$, Speed%, Vol%] 
IF FILE (SndFtle$) THEN BEGIN 

TOOLBOX (2, 28: 0000, 0000; No_Bytes%, No_Banks%) 
No_Bytes = No_Bytes% 

IF No Bytes < THEN No_Bytes - No_Bytes + 65536 { Twos complement } 

Total_Bytes = No_Banks% * 65536 + No__Bytes 

IF Total_Bytes < Size THEN Size = Total_Bytes 

LSB_BlockAdr = ADDR(LSB_Blocksize%) 

MSB_BlockAdr = ADDR(MSB_Blocksize%) 

LSB_Size1 = (Size MOD 65536) MOD 256 

Pages - (Size MOD 65536) / 256 

Banks = INT(Size / 65536) 
POKE LSB_BlockAdr, LSB_Size1 
POKE LSB_BlockAdr+1 , Pages 
POKE MSB_BlockAdr, Banks 

ID% = PEEK (238) { Get User ID for using the Memory Manager } 

AtribAd = ADDR(Attrib%) { Set attributes for the requested block of } 
POKE AtribAd, 128 { memory. } 

TOOL BOX (2, 9: 0000, 0000, MSB_Blocksize%, LSB_Blocksize%, ID%, ... 

... Attrib%, 0000, 0000; H_Adress%, H_Bank%) 
IF PEEK (202) = THEN BEGIN 

Tmp_Addr = H_Adress% { get result returned by tool call above } 

IF Tmp_Addr < THEN TmpAddr = Tmp_Addr + 65536 

L_Adress = (H_Bank% * 65536) + Tmp_Addr 
R LSB = ADDR (Adress%) 
R_MSB = ADDR <Bank%) 
POKE R_LSB, PEEK (L_Adress) 
POKE RJLSB + 1 , PEEK (L_Adress + 1 ) 
POKE R_MSB, PEEK(L_Adress + 2) 

Tmp_Addr = Adress% 

IF Tmp_Addr < THEN Tmp_Addr = Tmp_Addr + 65536 { Twos complement } 
Full_Add = (Bank% ' 65536) + Tmp_Addr 
BLOAD SndFileS, Full_add, Size { Load sound file into memory } 
FFAD% = ADDR (FFBUFFER%() 
FFBank% = PEEK (202) 
FFIoc = ADDR (FFBUFFER%() 
FOR Buffer_Size = TO 7 UNTIL 2.0 A (8 + Buffer_size) > Size 
NEXT Buffer_size 
Buffer size = Buffer_size - 1 

{ Consult the accompanying article for a discussion of 
this wave parameter table: } 

POKE FFLOC, PEEK (L_Adress) 
POKE FFLOC + 1 .PEEK (L_Adress + 1) 
POKE FFLOC + 2, Bank% 
POKE FFLOC + 3, 00 
POKE FFLOC + 4, Pages 
POKE FFLOC + 5, Banks 

Continued 



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buy cassette tapes at any good record store, then record the sounds 
you need using hardware such as Sonic Blaster or FutureSound. You 
can also program wave forms directly— if you're feeling brave. 

Also, note that you can use the central procedure producing the actual 
sound in a variety of fashions. If you're writing a game, for instance, 
the player probably won't select a sound file; he or she just needs to 
hear the drip of water in a dungeon or the sound of engines on the 
raceway. You can easily edit these sound utilities for such uses. 

Before discussing language-specific features of sound, kudos are in 
order for several people whose help made this column much more 
effective. They include Applied Engineering's Phil Montoya, who wrote 
the software for Sonic Blaster and offered to share his insights; Absoft's 
Lee Rimar, Jeff Knaggs, and D.K. Keppner, who provided both source 
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MCOL ADVANCED BASIC 

The most interesting aspect of the Micol sound implementation 
(listing 1) is the demonstration of how it uses PEEK and POKE com- 
mands to support tool calls. This technique, which trades familiarity 
for difficulty of use, will arise whenever you use the Toolbox. The good 
news is that Micol Systems has been listening to concerns on this subject 
and will include significant tool improvements in a forthcoming revision 
to the compiler. 

You can add Listing 1 to the inCider ShowFile utility, use it as a 
permanent entry in your library of software tools, or both. The pro- 
cedure DoSound is the actual work routine you should add to your 
library. The procedure DoPlaySound demonstrates a more elegant way 
of handling user input than demonstrated previously. 

Micol BASIC lacks two features important to sound playback: a way 
of determining a file's length and a way of reading GS/OS directory 
information concerning the file to be played, especially playback speed, 
which by default is stored in the auxiliary file-type field. 

A compiler revision, which should be available as you read this, will 
let you open GS/OS DIRectory files and read them a line at a time, so 
that you can access the auxiliary file-type information. If you're anxious 
to work more with sound programming, implementing this capability 
would be your first project. 

AC/BASIC 

This version of the sound player (Listing 2) suffers from an inability 
to play long wave forms. This situation arises because AC/BASIC doesn't 
deal well with the advanced data structures required for this type of 
sound handling. (In fact, that's the purpose of AC/BASIC-to shield 
you from such things as memory pointers.) 

Theoretically, however, you could study the sound-parameter table 
in the manual along with this month's examples from the other lan- 
guages to devise a way around this. I haven't explored it well enough 
to provide expert advice, but the solution is likely to require an external 
assembly-language subroutine. Unless your sound-playback feature 
must support long digitized sounds, I doubt whether the reward justifies 
the effort involved in this procedure. 

On the other hand, a worthy enhancement would be the ability to i 



Continued 



POKE FFLOC + 6, Speed* 
POKE FFLOC + 7, 00 
POKE FFLOC + 8, 00 
POKE FFLOC ♦ 9, 00 
POKE FFLOC ♦ 10, 07 
POKE FFLOC + 11, 00 
POKE FFLOC + 12, 00 
POKE FFLOC + 13, 00 
POKE FFLOC + 14, 00 
POKE FFLOC + 15, 00 
POKE FFLOC + 16, Vol* 
POKE FFLOC + 17.0 
ENDF 

{ FFStopSound: 
PUSH genMask; bit 0-15 indicates generatorfs) to stop } 

TOOLBOX (8, 15: 2) { FFStopSound: Used hero to inft sound tools } 

{ FFStartSound: 

PUSH word genNumFFSynth (channel, generator, end type. Usually $0101) 
PUSH long pBlockPtr (ptr to ff pawn block created above) 

chan-gen-type word: 

15-12, DOC channel num; 11-8, gen number SO-SE; 
7*4 must equal 0; 3-0, $1 for free-form synthesizer, 12 - note synthesizer 
$0101 DOC channel 0, generator #1, reserved val 0, ff synthesizer 1 
... and ... $0101 (base 16) - 257 (base 10), which we use below. 

pBlockPtr: 

Note that Micol syntax requires two PUSHed parameters, FFBank* and 
FFAD%, to fulfill the one formal Toolbox pointer requirement This is 
caused by MtcoCs Applesoft-like implementation of tool calls using 
word-length pseud©- PEEKs and POKEs. ) 

TOOLBOX (8, 14: 257, FFBank*. FFAD%) { FFStartSound ) 
REPEAT 

{ FFSoundOoneStatus: 
PUSH wordspace, genNumber; 

PULL genDoneFlag; Boolean var, te TRUE if done playing } 

TOOLBOX (8, 20: 00, 01; Finished*) { FFSoundOoneStatus) 
UNTIL Finished* < Oft Continue! 
ENDIF 

TOOLBOX (2,16: HBank*. H_Adres6%) { release memory } 
ENDPROC{DpSound> 



' This procedure gets user Input to feed to underlying 
• sound file player, DoSound: 



{ PROC DoPlaySound } 
{ Control loop for sound wave player. ) 
PROC DoPlaySound 
HOhE 

GOSUB DrawUnes 

x$»"< Press <RETURN> for Main Menu >" 
x% - (80-LEN(x$))/2 
VTAB (24) 
HTAB (x%) 
PRINT x$; 
HTAB (1) 
vtab (6) 

PRINT " Play A Sound File 

VTAB (8) 

INPUT -Enter Pathname •> ";sndname$ 
sndname$ - UPPERS (sndnameS) 
IF sndnameS - - THEN Terror! - TRUE 
input "Enter Playback Speed -> 'playrats* 
IF playrate* < 10 OR playrate* > 1200 THEN Terror! - TRUE 
INPUT "Enter File Size In Bytes -> ';iength 
IF length - THEN Terror! - TRUE 
rnyvolume* - 255 { default - loudest available } 
IF NOT Terror) THEN BEGIN 

MUSIC (1,50,1) { Start sound tools } 
QUIET (1) { and sMonce them.) 

GOSUB DoSound [length, sndnameS, ptayrate%, myvolume%] 
ENDIF 

ENDPROC ( DoPlaySound } 

Continued 



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Continued 

{ - 

{ Sub this for MainScreen procedure: ) 

PROC MainScreen 
HOME 

GOSUB DrawLines 
HTAB (28) 
VTAB (6) 

PRINT T -> Type a File" 
HTAB (28) 

PRINT "P -> Print a File" 
HTAB (28) 

PRINT "H -> Print File With Header" 
HTAB (28) 

PRINT "C -> Show Catalog" 
HTAB (28) 

PRINT "S -> Set GS/OS Prefix" 
HTAB (28) 

PRINT "I -> Environment Detail" 
HTAB (28) 

PRINT -D -> Play Digitized Sound" 
HTAB (28) 

PRINT "V -> View SHR Picture" 
HTAB (28) 
PRINT "Q -> Quit" 
ENDPROC ( MainScreen } 



i } 

{ Main loop } 

PROC Main 

' integrate Play Sound option into 
' menu event interpreter: 

GOSUB MainScreen 

HTAB (1) 

VTAB (1) 
GET a* 

a$ - UPPERS (a$) 

IF a$ ■ "Q" THEN BEGIN {Quit} 

Done! . TRUE 
ELSE IF a$- "D" THEN BEGIN { Play Sound } 

Terror! - FALSE 

REPEAT 

GOSUB DoPlaySound 

UNTIL Terror! 
Terror! . FALSE 
ELSE IF a$ - "V THEN BEGIN { SHOW PICTURE ) 
Terror! - FALSE 
REPEAT 
GOSUB ShowPic 
UNTIL Terror! 
Terror! - FALSE 
ELSE IF a$ « *S" THEN BEGIN ( Set Prefix } 



< .... 

ENDtF 
ENDPROC { Main } 



{ End of v 1.3 revisions to ShowSrc CD A 



Utlftfl 2. AC/BASIC Ray. Sound source code. 



' File: inCider. Shell Version 1.2 Revisions - July 5, 1989 

* By Joe Abernathy (Requires full inCider.Shell) 

' (C)1989, inCider IIGS BASICs »«:»««=«=========================== 

* All Rights Reserved. 

' Compiler: AC/BASIC for the Apple IIGS. 

' Compile with "no default menus" and "no default window* options selected. 

' (C)1989, inCider. Portions of this program include material copyrighted 
' (C)1988, Absoft Corp. All other copyrights acknowledged. Special thanks 
' to Lee Rimar, Jeff Knaggs and D.K. Keppner at Absoft. 

* Version 1 .2 adds ability to play digitized sound files. Also adds new 
' pack, unpack procedures to replace those in the AC/BASIC manual. 

Continued 



Continued 




' Version 1.2 additions to data structures: 


DEFINT a-z 




DIM ipack(31).i(43) 


' Packed, unpacked instrument arrays 


' Revised to add option for sound playback. 


1 IKS I lUfJl uc. 


interpret menu events 


montinttm MPMI \{f*i\ 

nioMunurii — ividiiu^u/ 


Read which menu 


itemnum _ MENU(1) 


Read which item 


IF menunum ~ 1 THEN 


' FILE menu 


IF itomnum — 1 TMPKI 


New 


Rn<?i ir 1 n 




ELSE IF itemnum = 2 THEN 


' Edit 


GOSUB 20 




ELSE IF itemnum = 3 THEN 


' Delete 


GOSUB 30 




ELSEIF itemnum = 4 THEN 


' Print 


GOSUB 40 




ELSEIF itemnum = 5 THEN 


• Type File 


GOSUB 50 




ELSEIF itemnum = 6 THEN 


'Quit 


GOSUB 60 




END IF 




ELSEIF menunum = 2 THEN 


' GOODIES menu 


IF itemnum - 1 THEN 


' Show picture 


GOSUB 70 




ELSEIF itemnum = 2 THEN 


' Play a sound file 


GOSUB 80 




END IF 




END IF 




RETURN 




' This routine added: 




' Play back a digitized wave form. 


80: 

WINDOW 2 




f$ = "null" 




WHILE f$ <> 




f$ = FILES$(1) 


' Open file dialog 


IF f$ <> " THEN 




WAVE GET.ipack 


* Get the instrument array 


UNPACK ipack(),i() 


' Unpack instrument bytes into integers 


i(33)»1 : i(39)=1 


' Set starting DOC address (page 1) 


i(35)=2 : i(41)=2 


Set DOC mode to one-shot 


PACK i().ipack() 


' Pack instrument integers into bytes 


OPEN "R",1,f$,1 


' Open the disk waveform file 


length! = LOF(1) 


' Get length of waveform in the file 


IF length! > 32767 THEN length! - 32767 ' max allowable si2e 


DIM waveform(((length!/256)+1)"256/2) ' Get space for waveform array 


' The long calculation ensures that the array 


1 size is a multiple of 256 since the minimum 


' DOC page size is 256 bytes. 


BLOAD #1, waveform, length! ' Load the disk waveform into the array 


CLOSE #1 




waveform(length!/2)=0 


* Force end to waveform 


WAVE 0,waveform,INT( length !/256)+1,1,ipack ' Set the instrument array, 




1 put waveform into DOC. 


mypitch% ■ 




WHILE mypitch% = 




INPUT "Enter playback speed: ", mypitch% 


WEND 




dur=70 " Set playback duration 


SOUND 0,dur,dur,mypitch%,255 ' Play the digitized sound on voice 


PRINT 




PRINT "Click mouse to continue..." 


WHILE MOUSE(O) o 


' Clear event queue of 


WEND 


ghost mouse clicks 


WHILE MOUSE(O) = 


' Await real mouse click 


WEND 




WAVE 1 Turn off voice 


ERASE waveform 


' Free memory 


END IF 




WEND ' Loop till cancel clicked in dialog 


WINDOW CLOSE 2 




MENU 




RETURN 




' Menu option added for sound playback. 


SUB DoMenu 


' Create menu bar 


FOR p = 1 to 6 


' Eliminate screen flicker 


FOR e = Oto 12 STEP 4 


' by whiting-out the menu bar 


PALETTE p.e+0,1,1.1 


1 before building it. 




Continued 



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Continued 
NEXT 
NEXT 

MENU 1,0,1." File" 
MENU 1,1,1, "New" 
MENU 1,2,1, "Edit" 
MENU 1,3,1, "Delete" 
MENU 1,4,1, "Print" 
MENU 1,5,1, "Type" 
MENU 1,6,1, "Quit" 
MENU 2,0,1," Goodies" 
MENU 2, 1,1, "View Picture" 
MENU 2,2,1, "Play Sound" 
FOR p = 1 to 6 
FOR e = Oto 12 STEP 4 
PALETTE p,e+0,0,0,0 
NEXT 
NEXT 
END SUB 

' This routine added: 



' Build FILE menu 
' and its entries . 



* Goodies menu header 
* View SHR picture 
' Play a sound file 
' Restore original palette .. 



' Unpack a byte-oriented waveform into integers. 

" Use this UNPACK subprogram rather than the one in the manual. 



SUB unpack(in%(1), out%{1)) 
FOR count%=0 TO 21 

out%(2*count%+1)=in%(count%) AND &HFF00 
NEXT 

SWAP BYTES,out% 
FOR count%=0 TO 21 

out%(2*count%)« in%(count%) AND &H00FF 
NEXT count% 
END SUB 

' This routine added: 



' Pack an integer- oriented waveform into bytes. 

' Use this PACK subprogram rather than the one in the manual. 

SUB pack(in%{1), out%(1)) 
FOR count%=0 TO 21 

out%(count%)=in%(2*count%+1) 
NEXT 

SWAP BYTES,out% 
FOR count%=0 TO 21 

out%(count%)=in%(2"count%) OR out%(count%) 
NEXT 
END SUB 



The End. (inCider.Shell v1.2 revisions) 



Listing 3. TML BASIC Play. Sound source code. 



■ File: IDG.TML.SHELL 
' By Joe Abernathy 
' (C)1989, inCider. 
' All Rights Reserved. 

• Compile with TML BASIC V1.10 for the Apple IIGS 



Version 1.3 Revisions - 7/10/89 
(Requires full IDG.TML.SHELL) 



' Change data structures to match this (stdfile array moved to DESKTOOLS, 
' sound wave form array added): 



DIM WindowTitle1!(10) 
DIM anEventRecord!(19) 
DIM aLoclnfoRec!(15) 
DIM ParamBlkSoundRec!(13) 



' Stores title for a window 
' TaskRecord data structure 
' Loclnfo record for QuickDraw 

' sound wave parms (FFparms wave table) 



' Add the Sound Manager to the list of LIBRARY commands: 

LIBRARY "Sound" ' Sound Manager 

' Add a play sound option to the list of MENUDEF commands: 



' MENUDEF 14,DoQuit 
' MENUDEF 15,DoFont 
MENUDEF 16,DoSound 



' Quit the application 
' Choose Font dialog 
' ADD THIS LINE 



' Application-specific menu items start with 17 (corresponding to 
' 267 in SetUpMenus below). 



Continued 



90 * inCider October 1 989 



Continued 



' Add goodies menu to menu startup procedure: 



DEF PROC SetUpMenus 
PROC GoodiesMenu 
PROC StdFontMenu 
PROC StdEditMenu 
PROC StdFileMenu(l) 
PROC StdAppleMenu 
PROC DrawMenus 

END PROC 



■ADD THIS LINE 



' Move the old open file procedure from here into the file IDG.DESKTOOLS. 
1 This makes it available to other procedures, such as DoSound below. 



DoOpen: 
PROC DoOpenFile 



1 PROC is now in DESKTOOLS. 



' If a valid file is selected the var "proceed%" will be set to 

a positive value. "auxfiletype%", "filenames", and "fullpathname$" 
1 also are set. 

RETURN 

' PROC DoSound -- Play a disk-based sound wave form. 



' Standard Open File dialog. 



DoSound: 
PROC DoOpenFile 
IF proceed% <> THEN 

Play Speed® ■ 

OPEN FileNameS, AS #10 

PlaySpeed@ = AUXID@ 

Size@ = EOFMARK(10) 

CLOSE 

IF Speed® o THEN PI ay Speed @ = Speed@ 
IF PlaySpeed@ = THEN PlaySpeed@ = 200 

PlaySpeed% = {(32 * PlaySpeed@) / 1645) 
CALL MaxBlock 
blockSize@ = R.STACK@(1) 
IF Size@ > blockSize@ THEN Size@ = WockSize@ 
DIM DYNAMIC mysound!(Size@) 
OPEN FileName$, AS #10, Size@ 

GET #10; mysound!(0) 
CLOSE 

Pages% = (Size@ MOD 65536) / 256 

waveStart@ = VARPTR(mysound!(0)) 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRecl(O)) = waveStart@ 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRec!(2)) = 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRec!(3)) = Pages% 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRec!(5)) = Playspeed% 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRec!(7)) = 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRec!(9)) = 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRec!(10)) = 

SET (ParamB!kSoundRec!(12)) = 

SET (ParamBlkSoundRec!(13)) = 

SndBlkPtr@ = VARPTR{ParamBlkSoundRec!(0)) 

_FFStartSound (257, SndBlkPtr@) 
IMPORTANT: See accompanying text to make following 
code functional: 

DO 

CALL FFSoundDoneStatus%(0) ' Lets sound finish playing 
Finished% = R.STACK%(1) 
UNTIL Finished% <> 
ERASE mysoundi 
END IF 
RETURN 

* END of v1 .3 revisions to IDG.TML.SHELL 



Listing 4. TML BASIC desk tools, 



' File: IDG.DESKTOOLS 
' (C)1988, TML Systems Inc. 
' All Rights Reserved. 
' Modified with permission. 
• Compiler: TML BASIC V1.10 for the Apple IIGS 



Version 1 .3 Revisions -- 7/1 0/89 
(Requires full IDG.DESKTOOLS) 



1 Version 1.3 starts up the Sound Manager tools, setting aside memory 
1 for them; adds a goodies menu with a "Play Sound" option; and adds 
" a library procedure for the standard "Open File" dialog box. 
1 Add these data structures: 



Continued 




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Continued 
DIM GoodMenuStrl(200) 
DIM aReptyRecordl(149) 



' Goodies menu def string. 
* Reply record for SFGetFite 



' This procedure is used to load and start up the Toolbox tool sets. 
' The Mode% parameter indicates which graphics mode to use. The value 
« should be either 320 or 640. The PrlntToots% parameter indicates 
* whether the tool sets necessary (or using the Print Manager should 
' be loaded or not. 

DEF PROG StartUpToois<ScreenMode%,LoadPrintTool8%) 



, Add a line to StartUpTools to start the sound manager, 
fitting in with the existing code like this: 



LIBRARY LOAD -Scrap" 
LIBRARY LOAD "Desk" 
LIBRARY LOAD "Sound" 



• Add this line. 



' Change memory manager startup: 

' Start the memory manager 
AppMemorylD* - EXFN_MMStartUp 

* Allocate 7 pages of memory In bank for tool set gtobals 

* (4 pages already allocated by TML) (1 page - 256K bytes) 
ToolZeroPageH® - EXFN_NewHandle(7*256,AppMemorylD%,-1 6379,0) 

TootZeroPageP® - VAR(ToolZeroPageH@,3) 
TootZeroPage% * EXFN_LoWord(ToolZeroPageP@) 

* Start the printing tools if requested 

* IF LoadPrintTools% THEN 

* _QDAuxStartUp 
' JJstStartUp 

' _FMStartUp(AppMemorylD%,Tool2eroPage%+1 024) 
' _PMStartUp(AppM8mory ID%,ToolZeroPage%+1 280) 
_Sour>dStartUp(ToolZefoPage%+1 536) ' ADD THIS LINE 



END PROC StartUpTools 
' Tool shut down routine. 



DEF PROC ShutDownToofe 
•GRAF OFF 
„SoundShutDown ' ADD THIS LINE 
' IF svLoadPr)ntTools% THEN 



END PROC ShutDownToote 

* Add this procedure before the PROC StdFontMenu: 



DEF PROC GoodiesMsnu ' Create goodies menu 

LOCAL MenuStrS 

MenuStrS -#### "» Goodies YN5V0" 
MenuStrS - MenuStrS + "—Play Sound\N266\0" 
SET(GoodMenuStrl(0)) - A MenuStr$ 
JnsertMenu(EXFN_NewMenu(VARPTR(GoodMenuStrl(1))),0) 
END PROC GoodiesMsnu 



' Add this procedure at the end of the file 



' Display the standard "get file" dialog box. 

' This call will display all files. To display only files of a particular 

' type, use a TypeList with the appropriate file types specified. 

* After making the call, we get the selected filename from aReplyRecord. 

DEF PROC DoOpenFie 
_SFGetFile(100,50/Open which file 0,0, VARPTR(aReplyRecord!(0))) 
proceed% * VAR(afleplyRecord!(0),2) 

IF proceed% THEN ' W NOT proceed, CANCEL was clicked. 

filetype% * VAR(aReplyRecordl(2),2) 
auxfiletype% - VAR(aReply Record !(4),2) 
FileNameS - VAR(aRtpryRecordl<6),7,15) 
FullPathNameS - VAR(aRepryRecordl(32)J,127) 
END IF 

END PROC DoOpenFie 
END LIBRARY 



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read a sound file's auxiliary file type to let the program determine a 
sound's playback speed. To do this, open the DIRectory file containing 
the sound file as a random-access file. Input each line as a string, and 
search for lines beginning with a (zero) byte, which indicates that a 
filename follows. Bytes 0-15 of this string will contain the name of the 
file; byte 16 will contain the file type; and bytes 30-31 will contain the 
auxiliary file type as an unsigned integer. (Don't sweat it if none of this 
makes sense to you. It's intended for fairly sophisticated programmers.) 

TML BASIC 

Listings 3 and 4 show how to add a Goodies menu with sound- 
playback option to your TML desktop program shell. However, I dis- 
covered a bug in TML that hampers the code's effectiveness. In the 
procedure DoSound in Listing 3, you can see that the loop calling 
-FFSoundDoneStatus to monitor the progress of playback is disabled. 
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sound code fully, but all major features work as they should.) 

As this column was going to press, TML Systems couldn't find the 
solution to this library problem. You should be able to call TML today, 
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IDG.TML.SHELL file to IDG.DESKTOOLS so that you can call it from 
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custom pull-down menus. 

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Stereo-sound playback is one attractive feature you can add easily to 
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HyperStudio's landmark multimedia interface offers 
unprecedented integration— and graphics 
is the key to its operation. 



By ROBERTA SCHWARTZ 
and MICHAEL CALLERY 

GRAPHICS, IN MOST APPLE II PRO- 
grams, has always been a bridesmaid, never a 
bride. Although it's been available from the II's 
beginning, graphics capability hasn't assumed 
an essential role in software performance. 

With the arrival of HyperStudio (see 
"Hypertext for Your GS," Editors' Choice, 
August 1989, p. 108, and "Does HyperStudio 
Stack Up?" September 1989, p. 44), however, 
there's a new belle of the ball. 

Here graphics is an integral feature, con- 
veying much of the information and providing 
the primary mechanism you use to navigate 
through HyperStudio. We're going to take a 
look at how this program, which offers un- 
precedented integration, lets you create and 
use these graphics. 




Figure 1. HyperStudio stack. 
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First, let's agree on some of the terminology. 
A HyperStudio data file, or stack (Figure 1), 
consists of individual screen-sized units called 
cards. You can place a variety of objects, in- 
cluding text, buttons, graphics, sounds, and 
video, onto each card. These objects lie on top 
of the card background, which, unless changed, 
is a plain, white graphics screen. 

In HyperStudio, you navigate through the 
cards and stacks by clicking on buttons— 
rectangular areas of the screen sensitive to 
mouse clicks. Buttons, either transparent or 
custom designed, are the standard way to con- 
trol HyperStudio. They let you jump to an- 
other card, make a sound, uncover 
information, and so on. 

THE PAINT MODULE 

To enable you to create original super- 
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HyperStudio features a MacPaint/Paintworks 
Plus-like module. Standard tools include a 
marquee and a lasso for selection, a pencil, a 
brush (with a choice of 24 different shapes), 
and an eraser. You'll also find a line tool (with 
a choice of line widths), a spray can, a fill tool, 
a text tool, and a magnifying glass. This mod- 
ule also features the usual selection of geo- 
metric objects: rectangles, rounded rectangles, 
ovals, irregularly curved objects, and irregular 
polygons. Using the current line-size setting 
for borders, you can draw these as either 
empty or filled geometries. 

The color palette includes 16 colors and 16 
dithered patterns you can't change. Because 
HyperStudio works in super-hi-res 640 mode, 
there are really only four pure colors. The 
extra 12 are created by dithering. (Each is a 
checkerboard pattern of two pure colors.) The 
16 patterns, which appear as solid colors, are 
the result of dithering those 12 hues. 

HyperStudio hides dithering; if you go into 
fatbits mode and count the number of pixels 
across the screen, you'll come up with 320, 
not 640. Each fatbit pixel is really two pixels 
very close together. This approach to 640 
mode, also used in Paintworks Gold and 816/ 
Paint, makes fatbit editing simpler. (Compare 
this method with that used in DeluxePaint II, 
in which you must cut and paste the dithered 
colors from the spare page to gain the "extra" 
colors for 640 mode.) 

Because HyperStudio uses dithering to 
achieve the appearance of 1 6 colors, 640-mode 
color graphics screens look no more detailed 
than those in 320 mode, despite higher res- 
olution. Note, too, that small text will look best 
in black or white, because these are the only 
truly "pure" colors in the standard 640-mode 
dithered palette. 

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Figurt 3a. HyperStudio offers more than 
250 clip-art images. 

patterns (stripes, dots, and so on) to use as 
fills or as line patterns. Missing, too, are the 
usual paint-program keyboard commands 
and other shortcuts. 

For example, pressing the shift key when 
you draw a rectangle, oval, or rounded rec- 
tangle doesn't constrain the object, so you can't 
draw a perfect shape. 

Also, you can't get into magnification mode 
by open-apple clicking when using the pencil 
tool. Once in magnification mode, though, you 
can use only the pencil tool. You won't find 
any bells and whisdes in HyperStudio's plain- 
vanilla painting module, not even the usual 
selection commands "flip horizontal" and "flip 
vertical." 

Were this a stand-alone program, we'd be 
hard-pressed to recommend it. But it's in- 
tended only to give you tools to create simple 
graphics or to modify existing ones. If you 
need sophisticated graphics, the program 
offers ways to import illustrations. 

HyperStudio makes your graphics func- 
tional; it's up to you to make them attractive. 
To create dynamic cards, use a combination 
of backgrounds, clip art, graphics objects, but- 
tons, and animation. 

IN THE BACKGROUND 

Backgrounds are the graphics that appear 
on the card behind specific information, such 
as text or buttons (Figure 2). You can use 
HyperStudio's painting tools or any 640-mode 
screen image you create with Paintworks 
Gold, 816/Paint, or DeluxePaint II. The com- 
mand Load Background from the File menu 
imports an image from another paint program 
and places it on your card's background. If 
you need to modify the graphic use Hyper- 
Studio's paint tools. 

You can load a 320-mode picture, but 
HyperStudio will convert it to the program's 




Figure 3b. More clip art. 



standard 640-mode palette. Unless you like 
colorful surprises, you'll want to create all your 
graphics in 640 mode. Note that we found a 
problem loading even 640-mode backgrounds 
created in Paintworks Gold. Instead of loading 
the palette, HyperStudio converts the Paint- 
works Gold image to the standard 640-mode 
palette. We had no problem with images im- 
ported from 816/Paint, Graphic Studio, or 
other paint programs. 

CLIP ART AND GRAPHICS 

You can import pieces of a graphic by se- 
lecting Add Clip Art, which is also in the File 
menu. When you choose this option, the pro- 
gram prompts you to to open a graphic. 
HyperStudio offers more than 250 clip-art im- 
ages. (See Figure 3.) Once open, the picture 
appears in its own window with scroll bars. 
You can scroll around the image and use either 
a lasso or the marquee tool to select a piece 
of the picture. Pressing the OK icon returns 
you to your card with the clipped image 
selected. 

Be aware that if the clip-art image has a 
custom palette, HyperStudio will transform 
the entire card's palette to match your clip 
art's— except with art brought in from Paint- 
works Gold. We had the same color problems 
importing Paintworks Gold clip art as we had 
with its backgrounds. We're hoping a future 
edition of HyperStudio will solve this problem. 

Like clip art, graphics objects are usually 
small. Graphics objects, however, are inde- 
pendent of the background; you can move 
them around freely on screen without obliter- 
ating the background image. You can also 
choose to store the graphic, unlike clip art, in 
its own file, thereby reducing your stack. 

You can change the graphic without having 
to change the HyperStudio stack, too. Thus, 
if you had a card with digitized pictures of 



Figure 4. Transparent button over 
custom-made button. 

your employees, you could add Jake's picture 
to the card or update his picture to show his 
new beard by revising the graphic. Because 
HyperStudio knows the graphic by name, the 
program loads the new image automatically 
without your renaming it. 

This feature is also useful on a network, 
where you can store graphics in a central file 
server, saving disk space on your machine by 
eliminating the need for multiple copies of 
graphics. An added bonus is that once you've 
positioned your object, HyperStudio lets you 
select a border to place around it. 

BUTTONS 

Buttons may be visible or transparent. Using 
transparent buttons, you can make something 
happen by clicking on a portion of your 
graphic. If you don't like the buttons Hyper- 
Studio offers, use some of the supplied clip 
art, or design your own button and place a 
transparent one on top of it. (See Figure 4.) 

As you use buttons to get around in your 
stacks, you can trigger interesting graphics 
effects; HyperStudio offers 12 transitions, 
wipes, and dissolves when you link one card 
to another. Be creative! Use these features to 
produce such exciting effects as book pages 
turning, objects dissolving, and so on. 

ANIMATION AND VIDEO 

HyperStudio can do more than import a 
static image; it can also import a Paintworks- 
type animation. Unlike background pictures 
and clip art, animation is linked to buttons. 

When you choose to tie a button to ani- 
mation, HyperStudio prompts you for the 
name of an animation file. After loading the 
file, you can size the animation window and 
position it anywhere on screen. When you're 
browsing through the stack, simply click on 
the appropriate button to see the animation. 



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Continued from p. 41 

move through the document. 

If you decide you don't like what you see, 
erase any text or graphics element by selecting 
Erase from the Tool menu. Here you'll find six 
eraser sizes. Press the spacebar to scroll 
through the list, then decide on the distance 
of movement by selecting a number from 1 to 
9. Press Return to begin erasing. 

Working with graphics reveals another one 
of the program's strengths. After loading the 
dip-art file and selecting a particular category 
for viewing, press the spacebar to see the 
images. 

When you find a picture you'd like to use, 
position it anywhere on screen and press Re- 
turn to stamp it. You can place multiple copies 
of an image in the document by moving it to 
a new position with the arrow keys or mouse 
and pressing Return. 

The program lets you stamp 50 copies of 
the same image on screen before asking you 
to save the design. After saving, you can re- 
enter dip-art mode, select the same category, 
and again choose the image for stamping. Un- 
til you press Escape to return to the clip-art 
menu, you'll be able to delete any image 



stamped on screen simply by striking the 
delete key. 

Certificates and More! doesn't require you 
to quit the program to format a data file; it 
includes a format option accessible from the 
File menu. Other options indude Save As, to 
copy your document to the data disk, and 
Delete Files, to remove documents permanendy 
from a data disk. 

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY 

Initially, I was skeptical about reviewing yet 
another new low-end desktop publisher. After 
all, there are already several good certificate 
programs available, so why glut the market? 
But after spending some time with the software 
and producing an assortment of high-impact 
designs, my apprehension disappeared. Cer- 
tificates and Morel offers good value for the 
money. It packs enough features to make it a 
serious contender for the best certificate- 
produdng utility around. Now if Mindscape 
would only release some additional Certifi- 
cates clip art! 

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Shtitesbury, MA 



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Let's look at five of the more intriguing new 
applications on the first disk— routines that 
help you manage your data and your other 
macros, 

FileStatus is a utility you can use anytime 
within AppleWorks to examine and change 
certain characteristics of your files. Add it to 
your AppleWorks program disk, then press 
Open apple-Escape and select FileStatus; you'll 
get a list showing the number assigned to your 
current file in AppleWorks' desktop index, the 
file size in memory, the file type, and whether 
it's New, Saved, Unchanged, or Changed. 

Of course you could find out all this 
information— with a few more keypresses— 
in AppleWorks' Remove Files from Desktop 
list, but this TimeOut application goes further 
by letting you change your file's status. You 
can take a new file, for example, and mark it 
Saved or Unchanged. 

Task Launcher loads a precompiled set of 
macros. You can also switch the macros you're 
using currently without restarting Apple- 
Works. When you're done, an Exit macro re- 
turns you to your standard macro set. 

Three other new MacroTools are of interest 
primarily to UltraMacros programmers. 
Menumaker puts custom AppleWorks-style 
menus into your own macros. Debug gives 
you information about your active macros and 
macro variables to help you find errors as you 
write and test them. (The more complex your 
macros are, the more you'll need this one.) 
Finally, UM Tokens gives you a pop-up list of 
all UltraMacros tokens and what they do. 

TOOLS OF THE TRADE 

The MacroTools disk contains more than 50 
other macros of various types. Let's take a look 
at six more you'll probably want to add to your 
standard macro file. 

Two make it easier to add new files to the 
AppleWorks desktop: automating the process 
of moving through your disk file lists to select 
new files; and adding a standard text file to 
the word processor without typing the 
ProDOS pathname. 

Two more new macros work with the 
AppleWorks spreadsheet. One searches col- 
umns or rows for a particular value or label; 
the other converts numeric values automati- 
cally to labels (particularly helpful if you're a 
teacher and must convert percentages to letter 
grades). 

Two others provide decimal tabs in the word 
processor and print a word-processor file with- 



out marking it Changed (which makes it easier 
to remove the file after printing). 

Some of the macros are for programmers 
only: printing sequential items from a list, 
moving to preset points on screen, and testing 
memory bits, for example. Most of the macros, 
however, help you do ordinary things in 
AppleWorks, such as linking files so that they 
print or load together, saving files automati- 
cally every five or ten minutes for safety, 
removing files from the desktop, resetting the 
date without leaving AppleWorks, and doing 
chemistry calculations. 



MACROTOOLS II 

The second Beagle MacroTools collection 
includes— among many others— four new ap- 
plications intended primarily for UltraMacros 
programmers. File Lister lets you include a 
list of files in a macro and select files from that 
list. Ultra Lock lets you mark a compiled 
macro file so that nobody (not even you) 
can "decompile" and read the macros. UM 
Reference lists the UltraMacros commands 
you can use in your own macros. 

The most significant new application on 
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At a Glance 



Continued from p, 38 

Design Your Own Home: Interiors [Sep- 
tember 1989, p. 30, by James Trunzo), 
Abracadata, P.O. Box 2440, Eugene, OR 
97402, C503) 342-3030; 1 -megabyte 
Apple IIgs, ImageWriter or LaserWriter 
printer; $89 
Rating: ❖ ❖ ❖ 

Interiors, part of Abracadata's 
Design Your Own Home series, is now 
available in a GS-specific format that 
boasts improved speed, color-printing 
options, and even better ease of use 
than its lle/llc predecessor. In a nutshell, 
Interiors lets you create custom room 
designs or modify any of the two dozen 
predrawn rooms provided on disk. 

Abracadata has created an effective 
program in Interiors. Novices who sim- 
ply want an idea of what can fit where 

Continued 



This one takes a standard word-processor file 
and formats it into two or three columns per 
page, on multiple pages if necessary. Just 
put your file on the desktop, activate Ultra 
Publisher by choosing Macro Options from 
the UltraMacros menu, and watch as the pro- 
gram moves your word-processor file into two- 
or three-column format. Print it as is, or press 
Solid apple-P to move it to the clipboard and 
then to a new word-processor file. 

One set of macros on the MacroTools II disk 
gives you a new way to write mail-merge doc- 
uments in the word processor— without your 
database information in the clipboard and 
without using Open apple-0 to add the merge 
categories. The macros then convert your doc- 
ument to a printable mail-merge file. (Whether 
you regard this as an improvement or not 
probably depends on what kinds of documents 
you write.) 

MacroTools II offers more than 50 new mac- 
ros. If you're a programmer, you'll get macros 
that let you use multiple sets of variables, add 
assembly-language routines to other macros, 
disable certain keys, get filenames, print mes- 



sages on screen, and deactivate UltraMacros, 
as well as many other functions. 

Macros for nonprogrammers include ones 
that address envelopes, print the date and 
time to the screen, reset the date, send control 
codes to your printer, type text directly to 
your printer, copy the current screen image 
to a word-processor file, and count the num- 
ber of records selected by Open apple-R in 
the database. 

THE "MACRO" VIEW 

It's difficult to do justice to such a large and 
varied collection of applications and macros 
in a brief review. I've tested almost all of them, 
and except for one that's supposed to eject 
3 l /,-inch disks, all of them so far have worked. 
A few may need some changes to work just 
the way you want or expect them to. 

The programs are easy to use if you're al- 
ready familiar with UltraMacros; the macros 
are in word-processor files that include some 
information about each and how to use it. 
Simply copy a new macro to your own macro 
word-processor file, change the macro name 





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At a Glance 



if you want, and compile the file. You'll prob- 
ably try many you won't end up using at all, 
but that's part of the fun. They're as easy to 
remove as they are to add. 

MacroTools and MacroTools II work only 
with UltraMacros version 2.3, but if you have 
an earlier edition there's a TimeOut applica- 
tion on each disk that will update your 
UltraMacros system. Each MacroTools disk 
also contains the updated default-macros file 
that comes with version 2.3 and a file contain- 
ing a number of macros that were included 
originally with the SuperMacros program. 

Overall, if you use UltraMacros often and 
enjoy adding new functions to AppleWorks, 
you 11 probably find either MacroTools disk 
useful and interesting. One of the big advan- 
tages of these Beagle Bros disks is that they're 
completely accessible— you can transfer, 
change, and test all the macros and applica- 
tions and use the ideas in your own macros 
and programs. If you program your own mac- 
ros, Beagle Bros can teach you a lot. □ 
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Albuquerque, NM 



Continued 

can use Interiors with little effort. Se- 
rious designers can employ the most 
powerful of Interiors' features with only 
a little more work. By porting this seg- 
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ries over to the GS, Abracadata has 
made a good program even better. 

All the Right Type (September 1989, 
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All the Right Type is an interactive 
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typing skills with words, sentences, and 
paragraphs; and test performance. 



When students finish the lessons, skill 
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program's Mini Word Processor to rein- 
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Youngsters can repeat each lesson or 
test as necessary to improve speed and 
accuracy. 

Immediate, specific feedback keeps 
both teachers and typists informed. The 
manual contains detailed instructions, 
lesson plans, and black-line masters 
suitable for reproduction. 

While All the Right Type has no serious 
flaws, it lacks certain features offered 
by other keyboard applications. For in- 
stance, there are no skill-building typing 
games. 

All things considered, All the Right 
Type can best be described as an elec- 
tronic textbook— heavy on content, but 
low on pizzazz. □ 




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By SETH J. ITZKAN 

"EVERY TV TOLD OF HIS DEATH. EVERY 
announcer wore a formal black suit. We would 
have liked to watch another [show], but we 
could not. For two days every TV told only 

of his death " So laments a middle-school 

teacher from Fukuoka, Japan, who reveals a 
previously unseen side to Emperor Hirohito's 
passing. 

Another Japanese educator is even more to 
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oriented programs rushed to the video store 
to rent tapes " 

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it's equally valuable to discover that many 
Japanese, like Americans, would rather watch 
videos than a state funeral. 

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international electronic dialogues like this are 
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teach one another about their respective coun- 



tries and cultures— personal information they 
could never get from a textbook or news wire. 
This is education at its best: a radical shift in 
the way youngsters learn about the world, 
the construction of a community of globally 
oriented leaders for tomorrow. 

For many, the global classroom has brought 
excitement and relevance back to learning. 
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school in Papua New Guinea. The children 
were especially engrossed, she continues, 
when they read about an "alligator hunter who 
grew up in a head-hunter tribe " (Eat your 
heart out, Dundee!) 

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One of the most impressive classroom proj- 
ects, and one of particular interest for Apple 
IlGS owners, is the National Geographic Kids 
Network. This comprehensive science pro- 
gram lets students share their locally collected 
data on acid rain with other schools across the 
nation and around the globe. Special software 
automates the telecommunications process 
and sends the data to a central computer. Once 
tabulated, information on acid-rain levels is 
downloaded to each site and presented as vivid 
color maps on the GS. Location and data from 
each site are included on the maps, giving 
students a sense of participation and accom- 



plishment. Since its inception, more than 500 
classes have participated in the Kids Network, 
with sites in the United States, Canada, Japan, 
Hong Kong, and the U.S.S.R. 

Students at each site on the Kids Network 
get to know one another through a segment 
called "Hello!" This introductory piece accus- 
toms students to the software and gives them 
practice in sharing data through the network. 
The Hello! unit creates a sense of on-line 
community that persists for the duration of 
the six-week project. 

LONG DISTANCE 

Another educational telecommunications 
project of equal magnitude and merit is 
AT&T's Long Distance Learning Network 
(LDLN). This program, still in trial phase, 
supports a variety of curriculum topics and is 
available for grades 3—12. Through a com- 
puterized "matching service," schools are 
grouped together according to curriculum in- 
terest, grade level, and geographic diversity. 

Like those participating in the Kids Net- 
work, classes are grouped into teams or 
"Learning Circles." In desiring each unit to be 
a cultural melting pot, an LDLN newsletter 
states, "The ideal Learning Circle would be 
made up of members from the East, West, 
South, and Central United States with a few 
foreign classes." At present, LDLN includes 
classes from 20 states in the U.S. and six coun- 
tries: Australia, Canada, France, Japan, the 
Netherlands, and West Germany. 

LDLN offers a segment similar to Kids' 
Hello! unit. Students are encouraged to send 
photos, class registers, town maps, or other 
items of personal and regional interest. These 
"welcome packs" break the ice and help create 
a tone of camaraderie before starting the 
on-line curricular exercises. 

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As this issue of inCider went to 
press, we learned that CompuServe of 
Columbus, Ohio, has acquired Source 
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Source membership 153,000 users) 
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mailings of UN publications that teachers can 
integrate into their curricula. 

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Although formal programs such as those 
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classroom, the decade-old (a lifetime in this 
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tronic communication between schools. 

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users around the world; each network also 
hosts educational user groups, conferences, 
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One school in Boston, Snowden Interna- 
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Delphi network. Via a Delphi correspondent 
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If the study of peresiroika is on your list of 
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In an unprecedented move, and as a direct 
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Sergei Alexandrov, a pioneer in Soviet tele- 
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PICASSO ONCE SAID, "COMPUTERS ARE USE- 
less; they provide answers, not questions." From an 
educational standpoint I think he was selling tech- 
nology short. A well-designed computer system can 
function as a lab for conceptual experiments- 
unlimited opportunities for students to ask, and 
answer, their own questions. 

Last month we explored just such an environ- 
ment when we described the chaotic function we 
called the Gingerbread Man ("An Ordered World," 
September 1989, p. 1 10). Computer programs that 
facilitate the creation of "microworlds" provide 
weeks of challenging activities for motivated stu- 
dents. And although the Gingerbread Man is fairly 
simple, there are even simpler worlds whose prop- 
erties are equally fascinating. 

To see one of these worlds, imagine a checkerboard 
surface with a few pieces scattered about the squares. 
This original arrangement is our starting position. 
Each square has eight neighboring squares— four 
sides and four corners. (See Figure 1.) 

To find the next position, apply the following 
rule: Each square on the new layout gets a checker 
if in the previous generation it had an odd number 
of neighboring squares with checkers. Note that 
you must apply the rule to all cells simultaneously. 
(This rule defines "Fredkin's Game," designed by 
Ed Fredkin.) 

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evolution of a pattern resulting from one checker 
in the middle of the board. As you can imagine, 
other starting positions can lead to other patterns. 
Activities like this are called zero-player games, a name 
coined by John Conway, creator of a similar game 
called Life. (See "Life Goes On," GS BASICs, 
October 1988, p. 78.) 

Another term for these types of games is cellular 
automata, so called because such a game centers 
around the states of individual cells and, once rules 
and starting position are determined, all future 
evolution occurs automatically. 

Mathematical activities of this type would get 
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erboards—each generation might take several min- 



utes to appear. Fortunately games like this are easy 
to program on personal computers. 

The finest tool yet for experimenting with cellular 
automata on Apple lis is Phantom Fishtank, a 
product from Logo Computer Systems Interna- 
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Canada J7V 6B3, 800-321 -LOGO, $29.95). De- 
signed by Brian Silverman, a brilliant exponent of 
the Logo movement, Phantom Fishtank is a version 
of that language in which its high-resolution turtle 
graphics has been replaced by a low-resolution 40- 
by-40 checkerboard for various zero-player games. 
Although a knowledge of Logo isn't required to 
follow the activities provided with the software, 
Logo enthusiasts will find the inclusion of the lan- 
guage a powerful improvement over programs 
(such as the many public-domain Life games) that 
use only a single rule set. 

As with most other open-ended tools, you can 
explore Phantom Fishtank many ways. Some stu- 
dents enjoy going through the manual and trying 
each activity, then experimenting a bit before going 
on to the next. Others look at the manual only long 
enough to understand how the software works, then 
jump immediately into creating their own sets of 
rules. Because your Apple computes successive gen- 
erations in machine language, display screens turn 
into riots of animated patterns that grow, collapse, 
stabilize, or evolve haphazardly for hours. 

If you wanted to play Conway's Life game, you'd 
boot up Phantom Fishtank, then enter the following 
line: 

loadrules "life 

This replaces Phantom Fishtank's rule set with 
Life's. Conway's game has three rules: 

1) A dead cell with three live neighbors comes 
alive. 

2) A live cell with fewer than two neighbors dies. 

3) A live cell with more than three neighbors dies. 
Although Life's more complex than Fredkin's 
Game, its rules are still simple. 

Next, create a starting position on screen. Using 
Phantom Fishtank's CELL and LINE commands, 
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example, the following command 
draws a line five units long near 
the center of your screen: 
line 15 20 20 20 

The GO command applies the 
rules to the screen successively un- 
til you press any key. 

For any set of rules you can cre- 
ate you must ask a number of 
questions. Can you predict the 
patterns resulting from any given 
starting pattern? For example, will 
a line six units long create patterns 
similar to those generated by the 
five-unit line? What kinds of pat- 
terns create stable structures that 
don't change from generation to 
generation? Which patterns create 
oscillators that bounce between 
several states before starting over 
again? Do certain starting posi- 
tions lead to constantly changing 
patterns, or do all arrangements 
reach steady state if you wait long 
enough? 

These questions and many 
more have been asked by thou- 
sands of students and mathema- 
ticians since the 1960s, when 



cellular automata were created. 
Every answer seems to generate 
more questions. 

If Phantom Fishtank did noth- 
ing more than provide an envi- 
ronment for experimenting with 
some interesting rule sets, it would 
still be valuable. But just as you 
have the freedom to create arbi- 
trary starting positions, you can 
also modify rule sets or create 
them from scratch. 

How? With a rule table. Each row 
in the table corresponds to one of 
the 16 lo-res colors; each column 
corresponds to a number of "live" 
neighbors (0-8). Cells with colors 
0-7 are "dead"; those from 8 to 
15 are "live" 

The accompanying Table shows 
the only lines you need to imple- 
ment Conway's rules. A 15 (live 
white cell) in column 3, for in- 
stance, indicates that when the 
background state (0) has three live 
neighbors it becomes live, or 
reaches state 15— that's rule 1. 
Rules 2 and 3 deal with live cells 
and are handled in line 15: Only 



cells with two or three live neigh- 
bors stay alive; all others die. 

The ease with which you can 
create and save rule sets and start- 
ing positions affords tremendous 
opportunities for exploration. For 
example, you can examine the 
same starting position with differ- 
ent rule sets to see how game rules 
affect the outcome. 

As with many activities centered 
around computational micro- 
worlds, some educators who are 
also computer users question the 
value of such experiments. After 
all, unless you're studying specif- 
ically the theory of zero-player 
games, why would you want to 
explore this domain? 

The answer hinges on your 
philosophy of education. If you 
agree with Plutarch that "the mind 
is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel 
to be filled " then activities like 
Phantom Fishtank are valuable 
additions to your software library. 
Tools like this can lead to in-depth 
math projects and may even spark 
a lifelong interest in math. 



On the other hand, if your 
model of effective education is 
built around imparting concrete 
facts and rules that match the top- 
ics covered on standardized tests, 
you probably won't try tools like 
Phantom Fishtank and the Gin- 
gerbread Man. 

If you're in the latter category, 
keep this in mind: Our world is 
constantly changing, and the rate 
of change is increasing. A strictly 
fact-based curriculum may pre- 
pare children for tests, but it does 
nothing to prepare them for the 
only life game that really counts— 
their own.D 



David Thornburg is involved in 
the creative uses of computers 
in education. hls day-long work- 
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Dozens of Apple IlGS fonts are available from a variety of public-domain 
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insert the disk with your GS fonts and use the 
PREFIX command to prepare a pathname. 
For example, type PREFIX /System. Disk 
/System/Fonts to access them on a backup of 
your GS system disk. Then RUN Font.Convert. When prompted, enter 
the pathname of the GS font. Convert all the fonts you want to use, 
then boot and run the Install Font utility from Publish It!'s new Apple 
menu to load those converted fonts. 

There's only one difficulty with converted GS fonts: When you use 
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with other programs. Consequently, you may have to alter the letter 
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Listing 1. Font Converter. 



10 REM FONT • CONVERT [2419] 

20 REM BY TERRENCE H. DAVIS [3944] 

30 REM COPYRIGHT 1989, INCIDER [47653 

60 FOR I * 768 TO 782 [1505] 

70 READ J [402] 

80 POKE I, J [811] 

90 NEXT I [451] 

100 DATA 32/0,191,196,12,3,144,3,141,30,3,96,10,31, 
3 [9894] 

110 REM . ===s==========s=ss===s=== [4780] 

120 REM INPUT FILENAME [3091] 

130 REM ^=»»«*«==»»» [788] 

140 TEXT : HOME [376] 

150 PRINT "PLEASE ENTER PATHNAME OF THE FONT" L2227] 
160 PRINT "WHOSE TYPE WILL BE CONVERTED TO $F7." [2978] 
170 VTAB 10: PRINT "NOTE- TYPE THE FONT'S FULL PATHN 

AMEj" [7540] 
180 PRINT " /VOLUME/DIRECTORY/FILE" [1791] 

190 PRINT "OR SET PREFIX BEFORE RUNNING PROGRAM" [2807] 
200 PRINT " AND ENTER DIRECTORY/FILE. " [2560] 

210 PRINT i PRINT "PRESS RETURN ALONE" [4376] 
220 PRINT "OR SPECIFY /VOLUME/D I RECTORY " x PRINT " 

FOR A CATALOG," [6966] 
230 VTAB 21 i PRINT "ENTER 'Q' TO QUIT. " [4839] 
240 VTAB 4: INPUT FILES • IF FILE$ - "Q" THEN HOME t 

END [3569] 
250 L « LEN (FILE$)xX = [2363] 

Continued 



PRINT CHR$ (4) ; "CAT" i GET 



Continued 

260 IF L - THEN HOME 
A$: GOTO 140 [2520] 
270 REM STORE LENGTH AND NAME OF FILE IN PATHNAME B 
UFFER [9362] 
POKE 799, L [1095] 
FOR I = 800 TO (799 + L) [1868] 
X - X + 1 [637] 
POKE I, ASC ( MID$ (FILE$,X,1)) [3142] 
NEXT I [398] 

REM ====================== [5219] 

REM READ FILE PARAMETERS [4408] 
REM ====================== [5227] 



280 
290 
300 
310 
320 
330 
340 
350 
360 
370 
380 
390 
400 
410 



POKE 798,0: POKE 771,196: POKE 780,10 
CALL 768: REM GET FILE INFO [2136] 
GOSUB 400: GOTO 520 [1627] 
REM ====================== [859] 

REM CHECK FOR ERRORS [1306] 

REM «=====™=«»«===«==*= [867] 



[4066] 



420 EC - PEEK (798): VTAB 21 [1922] 



430 IF EC - 39 THEN 

80 [4416] 
440 IF EC = 43 THEN 

: POP : GOTO 480 
450 IF EC - 64 OR EC 



PRINT "I/O ERROR": POP : GOTO 4 

PRINT "DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED" 
[6680] 

69 OR EC m 70 THEN PRINT "IN 
POP : GOTO 



VALID PATHNAME OF VOL/FILE NOT FOUND 
480 [11856] 

460 IF EC < > THEN PRINT "GETTING ERRORS TRYING 



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Continued 

TO READ/WRITE": PRINT "PRODOS ML I ERROR CODE = 
;EC;" (DECIMAL)": POP : GOTO 480 [13028] 
470 RETURN [317] 

480 VTAB 23: PRINT "PRESS <RETURN> TO CONTINUE";: GET 

KS: PRINT [6877] 
490 IF K? < > CHRS (13) THEN 480 [1908] 
500 GOTO 140 [648] 

510 REM ======================== [2600] 

520 REM TEST FOR GS FONT FILE TYPE [52 27] 
530 REM ======================== [4038] 

540 HOME : IF PEEK (784) = 200 THEN FT = 247: GOTO 
600 [3237] 

550 IF PEEK (784) = 247 THEN VTAB 10: PRINT F I L E $ : 

PRINT "ALREADY IS TYPE $F7": GOTO 480 [7663] 
560 IF PEEK (784) < > 15 THEN 580: REM CATALOG? [2767] 
570 PRINT CHR$ ( 4 ) ; "CAT ";FILE$: GET A$ : GOTO 140 [2471] 
580 VTAB 10: PRINT FILE?: PRINT "ISN'T A GS FONT 1 T 

RY AGAIN.": GOTO 480 [7694] 
590 REM =================== [4570] 

600 REM SAVE NEW FILE TYPE [37 27] 
610 REM =================== [4590] 

620 POKE 771,195: REM SET FUNCTION CODE TO ' SET FIL 

E INFO 1 [4346] 
630 POKE 784, FT: REM CHANGE FILE TYPE [2818] 
640 POKE 780.7: REM CHANGE NUMBER OF PARMS TO 7 [5802] 
650 CALL 768: REM SET FILE INFO [3112] 
660 GOSUB 400 [258] 

670 HOME : PRINT "YOUR FONT HAS BEEN CHANGED 1 ": GOTO 
480 [5922] 



Apple Sound 

by Jake Szat 

YNTHESIZERS, MIDI BOARDS, SOUND CARDS-UNLESS 
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Listing 2. Music Maker. 



101 

102i 



REM MUSIC .MAKER [2357] 

REM BY JAKE SZAT [2498] 

REM COPYRIGHT 1989, INCIDER [4765] 

GOSUB 1000: REM INIT SOUND [1696] 

POKE 768, INT ( RND (1) * 256): REM PITCH [3308] 

POKE 769, INT ( RND (1) * 10) + 1: REM DURATION [2854] 

CALL 771 [978] 

IF PEEK (49152) < 128 THEN 50: REM PRESS KEY TO 

STOP [4956] 
GET A$: END [658] 

J REM INIT SOUND ROUTINE [1389] 

L FOR I = 771 TO 7 98: READ N: POKE I,N: NEXT : RETURN 
[2809] 

) DATA 169,0,141,2,3,172,1,3 [2 323] 
3 DATA 174,0,3,173,48,192,206,2 [2672] 
J DATA 3,208,3,136,240,5,202,240 [4164] 
J DATA 239,208,243,96 [23583 



MUSIC.MAKER. When you RUN it, this demonstration program 
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|'j CHOICE 



alvaging Sunken Files 



YOU'VE JUST FINISHED ADDING NEW 
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